Hoover

The letter comes as Which? found prolific sellers in Brazil, Dubai, Singapore, Spain and the US hoovering up tickets for popular US events before relisting them at inflated prices on sites like StubHub and Viagogo.

Local papers faltered as the tech platforms hoovered up their advertising dollars.

Large language models that power chatbots such as ChatGPT have mastered using language, images, music, coding and other skills by hoovering up everything online.

Then, covering our hair, we stepped inside and across perfectly hoovered crimson carpets and under chandeliers.

Unlike many bands, there's no imbalance of power, no overbearing personality hoovering up the oxygen.