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Recent Examples of sucking
These images do not romanticize the West as much as document how difficult, life-sucking and under-appreciated this job can be.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Check out this play from Game 4 of the Knicks’ soul-sucking sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
That big, ugly, black hole of our debt is slowly sucking out the ability of the central bank to respond to recessions, Slok argues.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Most sucking insects can also easily be managed using horticultural oil or soap.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
If bitten by a rattlesnake, victims should stay calm, limit movement, call 911 and seek emergency medical attention, avoiding myths such as sucking out the venom or applying ice.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Building these rudimentary and temporary platforms—something modern gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees still do—would have offered protection from predators and blood-sucking insects.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
As Earth’s tectonic plates shifted, huge volumes of volcanic gas and carbon dioxide transformed the atmosphere, sucking oxygen out of the oceans and devastating shallow-water environments.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
For a second Emily stood there on the porch, twisting up her mouth, as if sucking on the words before speaking them.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Check out this play from Game 4 of the Knicks’ soul-sucking sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
That big, ugly, black hole of our debt is slowly sucking out the ability of the central bank to respond to recessions, Slok argues.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
Most sucking insects can also easily be managed using horticultural oil or soap.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
If bitten by a rattlesnake, victims should stay calm, limit movement, call 911 and seek emergency medical attention, avoiding myths such as sucking out the venom or applying ice.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Building these rudimentary and temporary platforms—something modern gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees still do—would have offered protection from predators and blood-sucking insects.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
As Earth’s tectonic plates shifted, huge volumes of volcanic gas and carbon dioxide transformed the atmosphere, sucking oxygen out of the oceans and devastating shallow-water environments.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
For a second Emily stood there on the porch, twisting up her mouth, as if sucking on the words before speaking them.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
Verb
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Criticizing those who are actually out there touching it, smelling it, handling it, doing the work — that’s just absolutely shameful.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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The lawsuits filed on Tuesday accuse Nicor Gas and the building's management company of failing to properly respond after residents reported smelling natural gas hours before the explosion.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Before the incident leading to his leg bleeding, the parents say their son came home from the center with unexplained injuries such as a lip wound caused by his teeth biting the inside of his lip.—
Lina Ruiz
May 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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Dean suggests that the hole could have formed through injury—such as by unexpectedly biting on a small stone—followed by years of decay.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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