vacuum
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During his sales pitch, Reed would first clean a homeowner’s carpet with their vacuum and then demonstrate how to clean using a Rainbow.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
I took my iPhone and our decrepit vacuum into my workshop after supper, googled “Kenmore Progressive vacuum noisy” and found what I wanted—a YouTube video showing how to replace the motor bearings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Keeping super-cold liquid oxygen and methane stable in the vacuum of space, then transferring them between spacecraft, is one of the most demanding engineering challenges in the programme.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The Roomba wasn’t the first robotic vacuum but became the most well-known, and Greiner is credited with helping to popularize the use of robots as domestic helpers that can reduce household labor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
It was creatio ex nihilo, despite the Aristotelian ban on the vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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