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Explaining history is all about context; nothing happens in a vacuum.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Kwon's case has cast a spotlight on the legal vacuum surrounding abortions in South Korea since the country's Constitutional Court removed a long-standing abortion ban in 2019.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Indira Duggirala, co-chair of the Democratic National Committee's Interfaith Council, acknowledged that there has been a "vacuum in that religious space in Democratic politics."

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Every step was performed under vacuum and at cryogenic temperatures to eliminate interference from oxygen, water, or even the microscopes' electron beams.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Since the Lilienthals were supportive of Bobby, he reciprocated with gifts: a television satellite dish, a vacuum cleaner, leather goods that he’d buy on trips to Vienna, and special gifts for birthdays and other holidays.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

With disruptive discharge coils there are sudden rises of potential and the vacua are more quickly impaired, for the electrodes are deteriorated in a very short time.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford

Now, however, that he had found means for obtaining and maintaining high vacua, Edison immediately went back to carbon, which from the first he had conceived of as the ideal substance for a burner.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis

In measuring really high vacua, it is well to begin with this process of lowering and raising the cylinder, and to repeat it five or six times before taking readings.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various

For example, the highest vacuum at that time known had been reached by Mr. Crookes, and was about 1/17,000,000, while with my arrangement vacua of 1/100,000,000 were easily reached.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various

The principal advantage of this construction was that it allowed of reaching extremely high vacua, and, at the same time use a large bulb.

From Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Tesla, Nikola

On Thursday, workers in rubber pants roamed the water with vacuums that sucked up the algae in neat rows.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

Superconducting circuits use metals cooled to near absolute zero; trapped ions are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Kristi Noem was shown selling handheld vacuums on a home shopping network while Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth were hawking products on their own podcast.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Lithium-ion batteries have become exceedingly common amid a proliferation of chargeable electronics, including smartphones, laptops, headphones, e-cigarettes, vacuums and e-bikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

It is a subtle point: vacuums don’t suck; the atmosphere pushes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Any gases the probe encountered were vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

For 45 minutes, a “Q-facial” machine sprayed, vacuumed, exfoliated and hydrated my face, delivering ultrasonic waves at two different depths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

If it seems like many of the same series vacuumed up most of the nominations, this is partly why.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Hilton, who had been about to watch his six-year-old son play a baseball game when he received a call, sprayed and vacuumed the bees away.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

I vacuumed books for epigrams, scraps of information, ideas, themes—anything to fill the hollow within me and make me feel educated.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

National Park Service workers this week have been trying to clean the algae blooms off the bottom of the 2,000-foot-long pool by pouring hydrogen peroxide into the water and vacuuming the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

She also gave up on the neutral household color scheme and plenty of her cleaning routines, including daily vacuuming or attempting to keep the kids’ toys in their bedrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Remediation personnel power washed the exterior of buildings, wiped down all surfaces and completed thorough vacuuming with filters to remove dangerous substances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

Campaigners want a deep clean of all buses more frequently, and the use of insecticidal treatments, heat treatments, improved vacuuming and sealed barriers in known hotspots.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

It looked like she was vacuuming the yard.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo