vacuum

Houseboat residents parked in front of the bar came to help vacuum some of the Slip’s water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Information Minister Shadric Namalomba has denied that Mutharika's absence had created a leadership vacuum.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The researchers placed a small crystal inside a vacuum chamber equipped for extremely low temperatures, called a cryostat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"None of these things can be taken in a vacuum," NDP Member of Parliament Heather McPherson told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then she gives us a checklist of what to do: strip and make the beds, vacuum, clean the bathroom, throw away the garbage.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The principal advantage of this construction was that it allowed of reaching extremely high vacua, and, at the same time of using a large bulb.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

But to reach extreme vacua the appliances must be much more improved, and ultimate perfection will not be attained until we shall have discharged the mechanical and perfected an electrical vacuum pump.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

Is it possible that, in the agitation of a stream at its bottom, if violent, momentary and minute vacua may be formed, tending to increase the intensity of the cold?

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin

Sir William Crookes took up in 1872 the study of electric discharge through 192 high vacua, having been led to it by his researches on the radiometer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

There was the extremely important project for securing and sealing in really good vacua in various electronic devices brought up by Joe and his crew in the supply ship.

From Space Tug by Murray Leinster

Trapped ions, as the name suggests, are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Looking out over the green sludge covered in cleaning equipment, speaking over the hum of the generators and the vacuums and the pumps, Hier smiled.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

Lithium-ion batteries have become exceedingly common amid a proliferation of chargeable electronics, including smartphones, laptops, headphones, e-cigarettes, vacuums and e-bikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Instead, what they reliably create is destruction, and destruction generates its own dynamics: rallying among the population, power vacuums, radicalization and cycles of retaliation.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

Those hands could fix anything that cranked, moved, pumped heat, moved water, or had valves, vacuums, or wires.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Tau Robotics’ humanoids vacuumed my floors and wiped my counters — with some help from humans behind the scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Later, it encountered a stray charging cord snaking across the ground as it vacuumed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Any gases the probe encountered were vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

If it seems like many of the same series vacuumed up most of the nominations, this is partly why.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

It was immaculately clean, the floor mats freshly vacuumed.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Moderate activities included brisk walking, doubles tennis, leisurely swimming, and household tasks such as cleaning windows, vacuuming, or mowing the lawn.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

For example, vacuuming an empty hallway is a simple task that can be automated with relatively little data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I left annoyed by the overall movie, yet haunted by a half-dozen of its images: Andie vacuuming the decoy house before the next shoot, a woman in the workplace handling an overlooked job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Google, OpenAI, and other AI companies are vacuuming up corporate data from both large public companies and small enterprises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

And Amelia’s mom is vacuuming upstairs, the clunky machine roaring across the carpets.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day