vacuum
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A leadership vacuum, mounting financial losses, airspace closures and a Middle Eastern fuel shock have put the carrier's ambitious turnaround into question.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Space is cold, but it is a vacuum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Islamic State has a presence in Mali and will seek to exploit a power vacuum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Chen, the vacuum factory manager, said he was "still worried" about surging shipping costs should the Iran war drag on.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Based on the laws of physics, if our pendulum was placed in a vacuum, it would never stop swinging, back and forth, back and forth.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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