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sucking

[suhk-ing] / ˈsʌk ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
removing liquid
Synonyms


NOUN
removal of liquid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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“Every time I walk into one, I feel like a vampire. I’m sucking the energy from the walls, and one way or the other, it ends up in one of my films.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

With each passing month, it’s becoming increasingly clear that artificial intelligence is taking over the internet, sucking up online searches and smashing the businesses of household-name companies.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Marx himself used the analogy: “Capital is dead labour that, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The process, guided by the app, is relatively straightforward: fill the test with saliva by sucking on it for 60 seconds, wait 20 minutes, scan the test, get results.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

All the time he was sucking hard on his paw, trying to think how he could help.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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