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Instead, we’ve somehow arrived at a version where Gen Z has collectively decided drinking isn’t fun anymore, bars are empty because nobody under 30 leaves the house and nightlife itself is quietly dying.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
His patch is on top of an empty water tank, where he spreads out a sheet and arranges two pillows.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Trump’s voice rang out through the otherwise empty store.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
When the Covid-19 pandemic grounded the cruise industry, high-profile outbreaks and a more than yearlong U.S. hiatus left ships empty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Clare groaned and slapped a paw over his empty eye socket.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The Rhine - which starts in the Swiss Alps and empties in the North Sea - is one of Europe's busiest waterways.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Calderas form when an eruption empties such an enormous volume of magma that the ground above the reservoir collapses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
She mops the comb plates of escalators, empties trash bins and sweeps the platform of the No. 7 line subway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
After sixth-period lunch is over, the entire school population empties into the football stadium.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Future observers will live in a universe that appears far smaller and emptier than the one we can see today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The louder the engine, the emptier the tank.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
More: Oil settles at highest price in over a week, as supplies ‘are getting emptier each week Hormuz stays closed’
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
All markets had load factor decreases in the quarter, with planes on its crucial North Atlantic routes flying 2.4 percentage points emptier and leading the falls, IAG said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The room seemed even bigger now that their dad wasn’t there, the bed emptier.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Wherever you travel in the universe, whether to a nearby galaxy or to the deepest interior of the emptiest void, you will never truly be alone.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
Per pupil spending in the district is $19,798, but per pupil costs at the 10 emptiest schools is double—almost $38,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
So it’s nice that Anne-Lise Millan-Brun, the founder of a bicycle school in Paris, has chosen as a training ground one of the emptiest places in this crowded city.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
San Francisco: “The Daily” covered how the City by the Bay’s downtown became the emptiest in America.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
"I read a line that said, 'You are like pomegranates split open. Even the emptiest among you are as full of good as a pomegranate is of seed.'"
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
A blaze near Plomari, the old ouzo town on the island’s south coast, was eating coastal homes while roughly 100 firefighters fought it, and a seaside resort emptied into the dark.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The loss has emptied his soul, leaving only the haunting impact of the unending trauma, and legacy, of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Some people may also feel as though the bowel has not emptied completely.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead, she emptied them one more time, with the biggest match of her career still waiting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Adam won a ton of tickets from his round of Blob Blaster. We saw him put them in his pocket. But they weren’t in his pockets anymore when he emptied them out for Mr. Fun.”
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
When infected mosquitoes are found, workers treat the area where they were collected with adulticide and conduct “source reduction,” a sophisticated way of describing what usually amounts to emptying containers of standing water.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Removing stagnant water, such as by emptying flowerpot plates, overturning unused pails and breaking up hardened soil, can help break the dengue transmission cycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
In a slowly emptying village in northern Kazakhstan, wild grass engulfed the entrances of abandoned apartment blocks, as children's songs spilled into the street from the only building still occupied.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
That changed more recently as the value of emptying office buildings plummeted, enabling developers to acquire these towers for pennies on the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A theater nearby was just emptying, and crowds milled around the lighted foyer, calling for cabs, wrapping coats around their shoulders.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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