auctioning

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The ombudsman Margaret Kelly said there was "a failure to put Sofia, a young woman with a life-limiting condition who was tube fed, on oxygen and needed suctioning, at the centre of this process".

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

These jawless, eel-like creatures have suctioning discs lined with teeth for mouths, which many modern species use to latch on to prey and suck blood from their living hosts.

From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2023

Using a suctioning machine, the nurse emptied her lungs of built-up phlegm and Cheaito's heaving chest finally eased.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2022

A team on Wednesday started removing the patch of fast-growing algae known as caulerpa prolifera from the harbor in Newport Beach, suctioning it through a tube and filtering the ocean water back out.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2021

Most important, in a day of improbable miracles, Ralph was able to connect the suctioning device to the ambulance’s cigarette lighter and make John comfortable.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French