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Airline executives said they’re being forced to remove engines and take them for maintenance into crowded shops earlier than expected, which is driving up costs and sucking up the fuel savings they were supposed to get from the engines.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Tech billionaires have made the history of science a very hot market, one which tends to suck volumes into private collections and away from both the purview of scholars and the eyes of the public and law enforcement.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 June 2026
The Knicks, for some reason, look like all the life has been sucked out of them during this second half.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Capital also becomes scarcer as debt sucks up money that would otherwise go to more productive investments.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Tech billionaires have made the history of science a very hot market, one which tends to suck volumes into private collections and away from both the purview of scholars and the eyes of the public and law enforcement.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 June 2026
The Knicks, for some reason, look like all the life has been sucked out of them during this second half.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Capital also becomes scarcer as debt sucks up money that would otherwise go to more productive investments.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck
smell
Verb
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None of these strategies would work to represent a dog smelling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Worn Washcloths or Towels Go through all your linens in the bathroom, and discard any that are old, stained, tattered, or smell weird.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
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“Suck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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