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suction

[suhk-shuhn] / ˈsʌk ʃən /


NOUN
sucking
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Remember, without the suction and sealing, poop and pee would simply float around the bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

It will seat one person and be equipped with a multi-mode suction system and cold-gas thrusters that can boost it into the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Mobile medical units carrying oxygen, nebulisers, suction equipment, malaria tests and medicines visited more than 20 affected villages.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

On social media and in state legislatures, they are plugging portable anti-choking devices, designed to suction stuck food or other objects from a person’s airway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Then with the sound of a tiny suction, he pulls out the glass eye.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle


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