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Recent Examples of sucked
Kirby sucked it up and went back to work.
—
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
In a top-load washer, these might have gotten sucked into the agitator or spun out into the front panel of the machine.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026
Every Saturday, the young Scott and Khan would log on and spend hours sucked into this saga of teen bloodbath.
—Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, elites are framed as bureaucratic, academic know-it-alls – and get sucked into the culture war in the process.
—Alexa Beck, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
These glass valves sucked up power by the hundreds of watts each and pumped out a lot of waste heat.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Seahawks prevail in not-so-Super Bowl Bad Bunny may have sucked up the headlines, but Super Bowl 60 is in the books, and the Seattle Seahawks are world champs after rolling over the New England Patriots 29-13.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
With a single stroke of a pen, our Democratic communities were sucked back into a ruby red stronghold.
—Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
That love affair quickly expired because the Giants simply sucked.
—Linda Perillo, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
In a top-load washer, these might have gotten sucked into the agitator or spun out into the front panel of the machine.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 20 Feb. 2026
Every Saturday, the young Scott and Khan would log on and spend hours sucked into this saga of teen bloodbath.
—Lydia Wei, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere, elites are framed as bureaucratic, academic know-it-alls – and get sucked into the culture war in the process.
—Alexa Beck, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
These glass valves sucked up power by the hundreds of watts each and pumped out a lot of waste heat.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
Seahawks prevail in not-so-Super Bowl Bad Bunny may have sucked up the headlines, but Super Bowl 60 is in the books, and the Seattle Seahawks are world champs after rolling over the New England Patriots 29-13.
—Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
With a single stroke of a pen, our Democratic communities were sucked back into a ruby red stronghold.
—Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
That love affair quickly expired because the Giants simply sucked.
—Linda Perillo, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
Verb
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Everything suddenly smelled like smoke.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2026
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Christopher Michael Simpson approached the 10-year-old, removed the victim’s socks and shoes, and smelled the child’s feet before leaving the scene.—
Katie Bourque,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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