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In Elektrostal, an empty kindergarten was also hit, but no one was hurt, added Vorobyov.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Hegseth insists his testosterone push is “not about artificial enhancement,” but the disclaimer is an empty caveat.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Related: ‘They are relentless’: A scammer is trying to change the email on my empty Robinhood account.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Between 1918 and his assassination in 1948, Gandhi fasted repeatedly - against religious violence, caste discrimination and political discord - turning the empty plate into one of the defining symbols of India's freedom struggle.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Except for an older couple swimming laps in lanes one and two, the pool’s empty.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“A bridge empties when the tolls gets high enough — no demolition required.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Once Tottenham High Road empties of its revellers, the inquest from top to bottom must begin.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
“All this is going to the U.S.A.,” said Rosario Norzagaray, standing near where the viaduct empties into pipes that cross to the American side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Mifepristone, which prevents pregnancy progression, is used alongside misoprostol, which empties the uterus, in the majority of abortions in the United States.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
After sixth-period lunch is over, the entire school population empties into the football stadium.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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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
At Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, Kelly O’Brien said the airport was “surprisingly way emptier than I expected.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
When we paid one last visit to the fair in September, with children back at school, Coney Beach felt emptier.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
The city is strangely quiet, its cobbled lanes emptier than usual, its spires shrouded in unseasonable fog.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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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
Per pupil spending in the district is $19,798, but per pupil costs at the 10 emptiest schools is double—almost $38,000.
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
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That sent construction workers into the streets and emptied much of an entire city block on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Instead, she emptied them one more time, with the biggest match of her career still waiting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
It needs only to be emptied of the people authorized to act.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
As the bar emptied and the big nations left, Scotland were left still standing.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Florida emptied the jar of chocolate syrup into the bowl.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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“Hurdles include mine clearance, insurance reinstatement, emptying excess Gulf oil storage, repositioning ships, and restarting idled production fields and downstream infrastructure across several Gulf producers,” they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
One of GLP-1's major functions is slowing gastric emptying, which is the rate at which food leaves the stomach.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
On the day Waldorf was admitted to the hospital, ProPublica had published an investigation on the death of Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old medical assistant who died of infection after doctors delayed emptying her uterus.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Asian countries are rationing fuel, governments are emptying their crude-oil stockpiles, airlines are canceling thousands of flights, and Middle East alliances are fracturing.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
There was an emptying, echoing vastness in that tiny cell.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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