emptiness
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Then layer that emptiness over the images here.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
"You can see it from the emptiness of the metro," posted one user on X. "You can see it from the abundance of parking spaces near the office," said another.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
He spoke of feeling "pain and emptiness" about the defeat, taking full personal responsibility for what happened.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
In sealing the names of the dead within them, the yizkor books refill that emptiness with the promise of memory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The emptiness on Hal’s side of the room is like a living void.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing emptiness
"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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