suck up
Example Sentences
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But as the artificial-intelligence hardware trade continues to suck up investor dollars, shares of the data-analytics company have come to fetch a slightly less outrageous multiple.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
His answer was that there were always alternatives, many of them militaristic in nature, in the wings to suck up the funds that had been spent in the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
He said in his resignation letter his contributions included investigating why generative AI systems suck up to users, combatting AI-assisted bioterrorism risks and researching "how AI assistants could make us less human".
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Today, Zeballos worries new copper mines will suck up water used by the town and farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Then I come and drag each suck up to the track, so the charette-man can pick it up.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
