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That big, ugly, black hole of our debt is slowly sucking out the ability of the central bank to respond to recessions, Slok argues.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Instead, the collapse results in a faint supernova with significant fallback, in which the heavier elements from the star’s core, such as oxygen, are sucked back past the event horizon and trapped in the black hole beneath.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
According to reports, the individual was at least partially sucked into one of the plane’s jet engines.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Instead, the collapse results in a faint supernova with significant fallback, in which the heavier elements from the star’s core, such as oxygen, are sucked back past the event horizon and trapped in the black hole beneath.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
The process entails making an incision, pumping a joint full of fluid, using the camera on the end of an arthroscope to identify the loose bodies and then using a tool to either grab or suck them out.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 May 2026
According to reports, the individual was at least partially sucked into one of the plane’s jet engines.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck
smell
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His home office is a narrow two-bedroom near an asphalt processing plant and a superfund site, both of which can be smelled with the windows open on a warm day.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Shelves lined with baking ingredients, bolts of fabric, tinware, nails, and jars of penny candy created a patchwork of textures and smells ranging from molasses and leather to spices and tobacco smoke.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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“Suck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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