vacant

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Earlier, Cameron became a two-weight world champion with a unanimous decision win over Michaela Kotaskova to claim the vacant WBO light-middleweight world title.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Streets in the state capital are lined with vacant storefronts and empty office buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Together, they worked up the proposal for Safe Outdoor Spaces, aimed at allowing managed, secure areas for people to pitch tents in vacant lots to reduce illegal encampments.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"Deschamps intends to play him as a number 10 during the World Cup," Laurens told BBC Sport, a position that is vacant following the international retirement of France legend Antoine Griezmann.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

For a long time, I wandered aimlessly—past ruined parks, blasted statuary, vacant lots overgrown with weeds and collapsed apartment houses with rusted girders poking out of their sides like ribs.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt