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For years, movie ticket sales have been declining, because of this shift from seeing the consumer not as a customer to please, but a mark to suck dry.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

New York City, where exorbitant rents suck up much of young residents’ income, is both a very expensive place to date and filled with outdoor options for meetups on the cheap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

“All the things that suck about medicine here, it’s eliminated,” he told me.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

At the same time, however, others warned that SpaceX could suck investors away from other companies in the sector.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

They suck on their knuckles and brush the dirt from their uniforms.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

“People have basically become resigned to the fact that healthcare sucks, it’s going to get more expensive, access will get worse.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

It sucks now because I’m like, “That’s all they know me for. Not ‘Crash,’ not ‘World Trade Center,’ not all the movies that were nominated, this and that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

It sucks, and it also sucks to be a part of as a player.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Fire sucks out...all the...air—If we don’t find a good place to hide...we’ll suffocate.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

On top of that, there is this potential energy in the atmosphere which meant that, locally, the convection column sucked up the embers and carried the fire further afield.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ahead of that meeting, the PM said: "For 40 years, power and resources have been sucked into the centre, and too many communities have felt forgotten, without the attention and investment they deserve."

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

"I really feel for the people that have been sucked into buying some of this rubbish," Matthews said.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Wince as they perform complicated operations; get sucked into the personal trials of the tireless staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Owen sucked in a breath as he repositioned himself.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

It’s bad for everybody, except for the fraudster that’s running some kind of scam and sucking money out of streaming that legitimately should be going to real artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“The AI trade is sucking the blood out of crypto,” one analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

These costs have been catching employers off guard, especially with the increased use of agentic AI sucking up tokens.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

This statue yassifies Trump, sucking out his buccal fat, virilizing his features, carefully excising all of the dainty feyness that, whether he likes it or not, is crucial to capturing the unique Trump disposition.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

She turns back and hits the button on the wall, sucking out the golden light of Sagan’s sun and moons as it slides shut.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera