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She feeds her through a gastrostomy tube, administers breathing treatments, and suctions out fluid from the tube that helps her breathe.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

The company has a bird feeder that suctions right onto your window for bigger birds starting at $22.99, as well as beautiful, hummingbird feeders made from handblown glass, starting at $26.99.

From Fox News • Nov. 20, 2021

She was so uncertain her technology would work on the whales that she packed 20 kinds of the suctions cups used to attach heart-monitoring electrodes, hoping that one would do the trick.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2017

His wife, Sarah, 34, sometimes suctions his lungs during therapy.

From Washington Times • Nov. 18, 2016

I help Aurora jump down the last step off the bus, and she suctions herself onto me.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden