void
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This has made it difficult to capture consumers who were switching from cigarettes to smokefree nicotine products and allowed illegal products to fill the void.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He managed to survive in the shielded void, a life-saving scenario that occasionally unfolds as multistory structures tumble pancake-style, support beams buckle and slabs of concrete crash down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
"Our entire family has been left with a void that can never be filled."
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Last September, a court rejected a bid by Fenech to void the statements he gave to police directly after his 2019 arrest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
I want to be happy that I get to spend the night with Rue, but it’s nearly impossible to feel anything in this void.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Lima Construction identified that the four window voids posed a risk to those working on the scaffolding platform.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Another artist who uses unusual displays for his work is Ben Cowan, who handcrafts and casts his surfaces, creating sculptural frames with voids reminiscent of elements from Gothic architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
It consists of filaments and sheets made of dark matter and gas that surround gigantic, mostly empty regions of space known as voids.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
He comforted terrified survivors and filled critical information voids by sending continual updates to friends and neighbors as firefighters fought the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
Bernd’s face is white with dust, but his eyes are two voids and his mouth is a maroon hole.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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The punishment was forfeiture of all wins in the 2024 season, which voided the team’s playoff eligibility, and a playoff ban the following year—the “death penalty,” the school lawyer called it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Before the 1970s, courts were extremely skeptical of the uneven bargaining power and information between the government and defendant, and voided plea bargains, if they even had to consider them at all.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Sienna's aunt Jessica Gill realised the insurance would be an issue, and said GreatCover insurance told them it had been voided for travelling because of Sienna's diagnosis, but she was still insured for cancellation.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
A Delaware judge voided the award in 2024, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
But the foul creatures hadn’t finished yet; holding their beautiful wings high, they squatted among the devastation and voided their bowels.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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The anti-doping investigations resulted in a four-year ban for Valieva and the voiding of her Olympic results—but, crucially, no punishments for anyone in her entourage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Tesla shareholders initially voted to give Musk the stock options in 2018, with a Delaware judge voiding the award in early 2024, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Williams failed his physical with the Lakers, voiding the trade, according to people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
They discovered that both increase of bladder pressure and sphincter muscle bursting activity associated with bladder emptying both stopped when PMCESR1+ cell activity was blocked during an ongoing voiding even.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
Wherefore there was need for voiding the surplus, yet so disposed by God as to be decorous and suitable to the state.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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