suction

Example Sentences

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Cutter suction dredgers harvest material for further expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal

The most promising model is a robot with 12 arms, six on either side, each bearing a camera and suction cups.

From The Wall Street Journal

They will silently show you how it’s done with an impossibly balletic ollie, their board magically suctioned to their soles as they slide down the whole length of the thing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robot arms tend to be equipped with two- or three-pronged pincers or with suction cups.

From Los Angeles Times

For pools filled with ash, he suctioned contaminated water with a vacuum truck and sent it to locations that treat wastewater.

From Los Angeles Times