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Recent Examples of sucked
At some point, the speed needed to escape its gravity becomes greater than the speed of light, which means nothing can escape, and all the particles around the star get sucked inside.
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Stephen Dikerby,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
She and her friends get sucked into a mystery that may be related to a crime.
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Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Don’t get sucked into arguments with bosses or supervisors.
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Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
Moody new girl Coley moves to a small town in Oregon after the death of her mother to live with her dad (Zach Braff), an otherwise invisible presence in her life growing up, when she gets sucked into the orbit of popular girl Sonya, who has a gaggle of friends and a face full of freckles.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Yet both Carney and his creator kept getting sucked back in.
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Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
And seriously, without fail, I got completely sucked into Oprah’s magic.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
22 June 2026
Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
But a brutal late-game Indy turnover led to an easy fast-break bucket that sucked the life right out of the arena.
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Alejandro Avila Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Stephen Dikerby,
The Conversation,
29 June 2026
She and her friends get sucked into a mystery that may be related to a crime.
—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Don’t get sucked into arguments with bosses or supervisors.
—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
Moody new girl Coley moves to a small town in Oregon after the death of her mother to live with her dad (Zach Braff), an otherwise invisible presence in her life growing up, when she gets sucked into the orbit of popular girl Sonya, who has a gaggle of friends and a face full of freckles.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Yet both Carney and his creator kept getting sucked back in.
—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
And seriously, without fail, I got completely sucked into Oprah’s magic.
—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
22 June 2026
Only select Archives employees are permitted to go into those stacks; one staffer suggested to me that this is because anyone can disappear in there, sucked down rabbit holes, if there are no guardrails.
—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
But a brutal late-game Indy turnover led to an easy fast-break bucket that sucked the life right out of the arena.
—
Alejandro Avila Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
Verb
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In a strange twist, the potential buyer reportedly smelled a rat and reached out to someone with the company, to make sure the machinery hadn’t been stolen.
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Max also smelled awful, could barely walk and had about nine to 10 wounds on his body, according to the document.
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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