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For 30 minutes we watch a northern harrier on the hunt, dive-bombing blue-winged and cinnamon teal, though he always comes up empty.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Each morning the two get into their cars and drive several miles down the farm-lined roads of their small Georgia town to an empty one-million square-foot gray warehouse.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
In discussing the 14th Amendment, Mr. Barnett fairly shows that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” isn’t empty surplusage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The Sohar LNG, which was empty when crossing, is co-owned by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
I stand in the train yard, the ghostly, empty train yard, because it’s now or never; I don’t know that I’ll get the chance to face this again.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
