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suck

[suhk] / sʌk /


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He continues by "mewing," a TikTok trend where people suck in their cheeks and point a finger at their jawline to emphasize their chiseled features.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

"We create, basically, a tornado – a violent vortex inside the tunnel," says Helming, as he explains how this helps the machine to suck away debris, which at times takes the form of lava.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Doesn’t it always suck to get around an airport, no matter what vehicle you’re on?

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

The second is that bubbles suck in investor capital and lead it to be misallocated, slowing the growth of the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

I even had the urge to suck my thumb.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

That his rowdy co-workers think he sucks at it is worse.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“So I have a salad at every meal, and that includes breakfast a lot as well, which kind of sucks, if I’m being honest,” Kerr said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

It sucks, and it also sucks to be a part of as a player.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

“I don’t want you to stay here. It sucks here. I’d much rather you went to California.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

A month before the documentary premiered on Netflix, a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window on a 737-800 Boeing plane when the cabin lost pressure after the plane took off from Thessaloniki, Greece.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 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

What happens here, mechanically speaking, is that liquidity is sucked out of the financial system and diverted to the real economy, in Howell’s words.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

There are a number of reasons why Saudi Arabia is trying not to get sucked into a full-scale conflict.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

With a triumphant smile, she braced herself under the Mirror and waited for the genie to be sucked back in.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

The war has also continued to spread, sucking in and reigniting Yemen's smouldering civil war.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

These costs have been catching employers off guard, especially with the increased use of agentic AI sucking up tokens.

From MarketWatch Jun. 4, 2026

It’s also not involved in the ugly tech trial of the year sucking in the biggest names in AI, from Elon Musk and Sam Altman to Mira Murati and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

But then he heard the soft pad of paws and the sounds of sucking and—he could hardly believe it—felt a rough little tongue licking the milk off his knuckles.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins




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