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She encountered beaches typically teeming with tourists that were spookily empty, and fishermen unable to work because they lacked gasoline to go to sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

On a recent journey to international waters off the coast of Malaysia chartered by the U.S. advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, empty, rusting Iranian-linked ships floated high in the water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Winterich also recommended reducing the collection gradually — one box at a time, one story at a time — rather than trying to empty an attic in one weekend.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Our solar system is now about 4.5 billion years old and consists mostly of empty space.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

And then, feeling perhaps that he had underlined his victory sufficiently, sauntered out into the empty streets.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The Rhine - which starts in the Swiss Alps and empties in the North Sea - is one of Europe's busiest waterways.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Calderas form when an eruption empties such an enormous volume of magma that the ground above the reservoir collapses.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

Mamdani is teaching the whole country a lesson, as his city empties of people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

She empties a dustpan of broken glass into the trash and looks at me straight on, briefly, then bangs the dustpan against the can to get off all the last particles.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Future observers will live in a universe that appears far smaller and emptier than the one we can see today.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

The louder the engine, the emptier the tank.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

More: Oil settles at highest price in over a week, as supplies ‘are getting emptier each week Hormuz stays closed’

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

The island didn’t just feel emptier, it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

The hole at the table where their mother normally sat seemed emptier than usual.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

Wherever you travel in the universe, whether to a nearby galaxy or to the deepest interior of the emptiest void, you will never truly be alone.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026

Its new analysis—based on recent Chicago Public Schools data— shows that at least 255 of Chicago’s school buildings are underutilized, with the 10 emptiest schools operating at just 11% capacity on average.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

So it’s nice that Anne-Lise Millan-Brun, the founder of a bicycle school in Paris, has chosen as a training ground one of the emptiest places in this crowded city.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023

San Francisco: “The Daily” covered how the City by the Bay’s downtown became the emptiest in America.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

There was a vacant place at a table further away, but something in the little man’s appearance suggested that he would be sufficiently attentive to his own comfort to choose the emptiest table.

From "1984" by George Orwell

But before it can start, the glasshouse has to be completely emptied of the 1,300 tropical plants and trees it has inside.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before blood pressure was measured, participants emptied their bladders and walked for two minutes to simulate the typical experience of walking into a clinic or medical office before a screening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

A man was apparently digging around inside a dumpster when the driver picked it up and emptied it into the back of the truck, the department said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The screen looked almost like a cheerful kitchen-table flat-lay: products arranged over a wood-grain background, hovering around a GoPuff bag as though someone had just come home and emptied the evening’s provisions onto the table.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

When he emptied out the last bucket of water, Chase looked around.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

She may also have to devote precious time to the practical task of showcasing the condo for sale, and emptying years of living that would prevent a buyer from imagining themselves living there.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The pace would put Lineage on track to finish emptying its freezers within two weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Removing stagnant water, such as by emptying flowerpot plates, overturning unused pails and breaking up hardened soil, can help break the dengue transmission cycle.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

In a slowly emptying village in northern Kazakhstan, wild grass engulfed the entrances of abandoned apartment blocks, as children's songs spilled into the street from the only building still occupied.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Zarra plops down, emptying the tote on the floor.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes