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That can be a hassle and time suck, especially if you’re lugging suitcases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

I knew who they were; I’d heard the single on WNYU, maybe for once the opening band wouldn’t suck.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

A proposed Roomba-like device to suck ticks out of the grass probably does not.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The problem is, if performance fees actually worked in financial management, then hedge funds — which are already free to charge them — wouldn’t suck.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I guess I can help out sometimes. Just not all —” “And me quitting saves you time. I don’t have to suck up to Blakeman anymore, so you can quit going to the nursing home.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Plus, his music sucks, and most people would find it impossible that useful public discourse would ever emerge from an Ed Sheeran concert.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Honestly, it feels like this season started six months ago, because the NFL now sucks up the summer doldrums, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“One of the biggest reasons why people think renting sucks is because they’re not being strategic about it,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“It sucks to lose, but there’s a part of me that’s proud that I get to wear Dodger blue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

I need the extra room, and it sucks to wait until their perfectly armed selves are all done with their luxurious, roomy bathroom visits.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

Hendry's red card was a grim moment that sucked the life out of the occasion.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Everyone has sucked it up to go to the wedding of a couple they disapprove of, or a family dinner that will inevitably turn into an argument.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

I’m preparing myself now for the hours of sleep I’ll lose getting sucked into the TikTok discourse about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Translated in 2014 by Frank Wynne as “Liveforever,” the novel is narrated by María del Carmen Huerta, a well-off young woman from Cali who is sucked into the city’s frenetic world of musical subcultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Still others have speculated that the sub was sucked into the vortex of the sinking warship and dragged to the bottom.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The process, guided by the app, is relatively straightforward: fill the test with saliva by sucking on it for 60 seconds, wait 20 minutes, scan the test, get results.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some species can have as many as 12 legs, along with a sucking proboscis used for feeding.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Scientists from Griffith University in Australia found unusual patterns in the skeletal remains of early human foragers, which they linked to the sucking of betel nuts.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Unchecked real estate growth in Phoenix, and the appetite of California farmers for alfalfa -- a lucrative, highly water-intensive crop that feeds livestock -- are both sucking up resources.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

He pushed through the heavy front door of the school, sucking in the cold, fresh air.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis