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Looking to give socks that don’t suck this holiday season?
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Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
Carolyn Forté, executive director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Home Appliances & Cleaning Products Lab, created a printable checklist to make sure keeping the house neat doesn't suck up endless hours of time on weekends anymore.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
And the downpours keep coming, a couple of them a year now where there used to be none, adding moisture that the pumps cannot suck away.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2022
Ready to kick off spooky season with a vampire series that doesn't suck?
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Sep. 2022
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Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2022
Carolyn Forté, executive director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Home Appliances & Cleaning Products Lab, created a printable checklist to make sure keeping the house neat doesn't suck up endless hours of time on weekends anymore.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
And the downpours keep coming, a couple of them a year now where there used to be none, adding moisture that the pumps cannot suck away.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2022
Ready to kick off spooky season with a vampire series that doesn't suck?
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck
smell
Verb
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The air smelled of sea salt, cinnamon and tropical fruit, as if God had spilled sunscreen from the heavens during application.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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Nostalgia gardening draws on your memories to create a garden filled with sights and smells that remind you of cherished moments.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Suck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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