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Hoover

[hoo-ver] / ˈhu vər /
NOUN
vacuum cleaner
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They also said the Roomba would enable Amazon to hoover up data and spy on Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Rising land prices smother our ability to move, suppress fertility rates, stifle innovation, and hoover up resources that might be deployed elsewhere.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

ETFs’ cheaper costs have helped them hoover up assets from mutual funds over the years and across asset classes.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

When enough of these pebbles clump together, they can collapse under their own weight to form asteroid-sized rocks, which hoover up the material around them until they’ve grown into full-sized planets.

From Space Scoop • Jul. 16, 2025

I whinged that it didn't smell of anything, but she pointed out I wasn't the one who had to hoover and unpick the needles from the carpet.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell