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Canadian processors import most of their empty cans from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Construction workers gather around food trucks amid the sea of wooden frames and empty lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He seemed unwilling or unable to pass up the chance to listen to the endless, empty flattery coming from the stage, along with the cheers of thousands of rambunctious supporters.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Naderi capitalised on a blunder from Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen to roll the ball into an empty net.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She caught Billy’s eye and held up her empty glass.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Once Tottenham High Road empties of its revellers, the inquest from top to bottom must begin.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“All this is going to the U.S.A.,” said Rosario Norzagaray, standing near where the viaduct empties into pipes that cross to the American side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
“When the beach empties and there aren’t any little kids in the water.”
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Baskets I had paused over were emptier when I returned.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
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
Councillor John Davies said the trend was "unsustainable", with schools getting emptier but doctors' surgeries getting more crowded.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
Dimple and Rishi followed him to the back, where it was quieter and emptier.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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
Its new analysis—based on recent Chicago Public Schools data— shows that at least 255 of Chicago’s school buildings are underutilized, with the 10 emptiest schools operating at just 11% capacity on average.
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
There was a vacant place at a table further away, but something in the little man’s appearance suggested that he would be sufficiently attentive to his own comfort to choose the emptiest table.
From "1984" by George Orwell
The conflict has disrupted marquee events, emptied luxury hotels, and hit aviation, real estate, tourism, shipping and hotels across the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He emptied his bench in a desperate attempt to stem the flow, but his substitutions, five in 12 befuddled minutes, had zero impact.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The screen looked almost like a cheerful kitchen-table flat-lay: products arranged over a wood-grain background, hovering around a GoPuff bag as though someone had just come home and emptied the evening’s provisions onto the table.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Fans wrapped around the concourse and emptied the merchandise stand before the delayed first pitch and witnessed a torch passing between the league’s current players and past women’s baseball legends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
"For you, Yakhi," I said as I emptied the thick red sauce into the sink.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
The pace would put Lineage on track to finish emptying its freezers within two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
“The U.S. oil export machine is clearly unsustainable, though, and will incrementally slow down as commercial crude inventories are emptying and SPR has been drawn to historic lows,” he says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I knew the place was emptying, and suddenly I realized what Lorraine was saying.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
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