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Recent Examples of sucked
Dinner starts with a brief discussion about Dorit having dinner with PK, a gel fart that has been collected from the air, sucked up into a syringe, and then used as lip filler for Saddam Hussein’s corpse.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Could Leeds United be sucked back into danger?
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The mania has also sucked talent into the industry and birthed an explosion of start-ups experimenting with new approaches to building the technology.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
This allows it to get sucked right into all the microscopic crevices and pores of the surface, by the vacuum created by the seal.
—Ben Coxworth
march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
The brutal infection literally sucked the life out of him, Thelma Wood said.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
More than a dozen countries have been sucked into the fray and the conflict has stoked fears of an inflation crisis.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
His parents wanted to make sure that he and his older brother would never get sucked into such slaughter.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The conflict has disrupted global supply chains and stoked fears of a new inflation crisis, while more than a dozen countries have been sucked into the fray.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Could Leeds United be sucked back into danger?
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The mania has also sucked talent into the industry and birthed an explosion of start-ups experimenting with new approaches to building the technology.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
This allows it to get sucked right into all the microscopic crevices and pores of the surface, by the vacuum created by the seal.
—Ben Coxworth
march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026
The brutal infection literally sucked the life out of him, Thelma Wood said.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
More than a dozen countries have been sucked into the fray and the conflict has stoked fears of an inflation crisis.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
His parents wanted to make sure that he and his older brother would never get sucked into such slaughter.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
The conflict has disrupted global supply chains and stoked fears of a new inflation crisis, while more than a dozen countries have been sucked into the fray.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
Verb
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Officers smelled alcohol on Richardson.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Last season, Greg Gard woke up, smelled the analytics, and installed a new, floor-stretching offense.—
Peter Keating,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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