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vacuum cleaner

NOUN
carpet sweeper
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There are 1,200 people working here, making Henry, the famous little red vacuum cleaner, and his pink friend Henrietta.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Could this year’s hottest Valentine’s Day gift be…a vacuum cleaner?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

A possessed vacuum cleaner sparks a revolution in “A Useful Ghost,” a satire that’s “Brazil” by way of Bangkok.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

"We found that increasing Sox9 expression triggered astrocytes to ingest more amyloid plaques, clearing them from the brain like a vacuum cleaner," Deneen said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

Then zoom!—up he went into the vent, like a piece of lint being sucked into a vacuum cleaner.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon



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