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I knew who they were; I’d heard the single on WNYU, maybe for once the opening band wouldn’t suck.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

A proposed Roomba-like device to suck ticks out of the grass probably does not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The problem is, if performance fees actually worked in financial management, then hedge funds — which are already free to charge them — wouldn’t suck.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Still trying to suck in air from the water, but there’s no air for it, not up here.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Plus, his music sucks, and most people would find it impossible that useful public discourse would ever emerge from an Ed Sheeran concert.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

“One of the biggest reasons why people think renting sucks is because they’re not being strategic about it,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“It does suck. But, it sucks a lot less than other options,” the caption from Compliant Technologies reads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

In nearly a decade I have never had a student say: You know what really sucks?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“It sucks we don’t have any classes together. Maybe you can stop by the library after you eat lunch, even if it’s only for a few minutes.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Fixating on my fishing rod, I had allowed the idling machine to bottom out in the shell spoil, some of which got sucked into the intake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“We get really sucked into the idea of looking up to someone and wanting to be just like them, and that’s not right,” she said.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

We have had wildfires this year because things have been so dry for so long, the hot air has just sucked the moisture out of the landscape.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

I’m preparing myself now for the hours of sleep I’ll lose getting sucked into the TikTok discourse about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

With a triumphant smile, she braced herself under the Mirror and waited for the genie to be sucked back in.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"It feels like I will never pay it off, so it's something that I'm kind of just sucking up until the loan is written off," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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

The researchers identified this pattern as a new bioarchaeological marker linked to a previously unrecognized behavior: repeatedly sucking whole betel nuts.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The war has also continued to spread, sucking in and reigniting Yemen's smouldering civil war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

As he stared down at the wolf, his face expressionless, the sword’s normal cloudy white glow changed to a deep, desolate black, as if it were sucking the light out of the very room.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley