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suck

[suhk] / sʌk /


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He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Doesn’t it always suck to get around an airport, no matter what vehicle you’re on?

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The second is that bubbles suck in investor capital and lead it to be misallocated, slowing the growth of the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Biting them was like a battle between her teeth and the crackers, but then Mama told her to suck on one until it softened.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

“It does suck. But, it sucks a lot less than other options,” the caption from Compliant Technologies reads.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

In nearly a decade I have never had a student say: You know what really sucks?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

"It kind of sucks and I do get a little salty seeing all this extra AI money squeeze everyone else out."

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Shivering in the rain while trying not to cry and throw up at the same time really sucks.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Translated in 2014 by Frank Wynne as “Liveforever,” the novel is narrated by María del Carmen Huerta, a well-off young woman from Cali who is sucked into the city’s frenetic world of musical subcultures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The offer of credit, with few conditions attached, has also sucked in workers from the gig economy, with the platforms for which they work sometimes acting as their lenders.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

What happens here, mechanically speaking, is that liquidity is sucked out of the financial system and diverted to the real economy, in Howell’s words.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Divers’ primary tool was a vacuum-like system called a dredge, which sucked up sediment from inside the wreck and deposited it into baskets on the sea floor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Ivan’s words opened up a gaping hole inside Anya that nearly sucked the sound out of her ears.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The war has also continued to spread, sucking in and reigniting Yemen's smouldering civil war.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

“That’s very common because the engine is sucking constantly from the ocean to cool the engine.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

This is what happens when the nerds jump in: technology taking ownership of the call, but also technology sucking the joy out of a human moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

These costs have been catching employers off guard, especially with the increased use of agentic AI sucking up tokens.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

I pulled up and my foot came out with a loud, sucking pop.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce




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