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Recent Examples of sucked
Any passengers not knocked out during the chaos or sucked out into the sky are generally screaming and grabbing for oxygen masks while Captain Rich makes a futile announcement about the importance of not panicking.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
Being pulled away from her child felt like the air was being sucked out of her lungs.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Grateful we never got sucked into that world.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
They may have gotten sucked into fraudulent dealings, but their faith in the crypto dream remains undiminished.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The tornado sucked out the front window of his house and ripped the door off his detached garage.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Storage trunks were tossed around by the current before they were sucked out and away.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Storage trunks were tossed around the current before they were sucked out and away.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The hardest loss was having that Snowball Derby taken away (due to a 2013 disqualification) — that really sucked.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2026
Being pulled away from her child felt like the air was being sucked out of her lungs.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Grateful we never got sucked into that world.
—Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
They may have gotten sucked into fraudulent dealings, but their faith in the crypto dream remains undiminished.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The tornado sucked out the front window of his house and ripped the door off his detached garage.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Storage trunks were tossed around by the current before they were sucked out and away.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Storage trunks were tossed around the current before they were sucked out and away.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The hardest loss was having that Snowball Derby taken away (due to a 2013 disqualification) — that really sucked.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucked
smelled
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Take that time at the 2021 Academy Awards when a reporter asked her what Brad Pitt smelled like.—
Regina Kim,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
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Water began pouring into David Tahara’s North Park home Tuesday night around midnight, thanks to a late-breaking rainfall and a basement storm drain that smelled of sewage at certain points.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Sucked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucked. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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