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Recent Examples of sucking
So tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the data centers — giant, energy-sucking buildings full of computer servers — to ensure the US has the technical infrastructure to deliver all of the AI magic.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Getting anything done is hard and takes persuading, cajoling, or even sucking up, depending on who is at the receiving end.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Control ant populations, as ants protect sucking pests from insect predators.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Both are intoxicated, and Roman agrees, but Dennis gets caught up in the moment and starts sucking on Roman’s toes.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Will abandons his students at the first sight of Agnes walking by the classroom window, and the two of them are sucking faces a minute later.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
The extremely hot plasma emission is one that only appears as planets form and grow by sucking up hydrogen from their surroundings, Close said.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Ticks are small, blood-sucking parasites that latch onto humans and animals, often hiding in skin folds, hairlines or even eyelashes.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.
—PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Getting anything done is hard and takes persuading, cajoling, or even sucking up, depending on who is at the receiving end.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Control ant populations, as ants protect sucking pests from insect predators.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Both are intoxicated, and Roman agrees, but Dennis gets caught up in the moment and starts sucking on Roman’s toes.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Will abandons his students at the first sight of Agnes walking by the classroom window, and the two of them are sucking faces a minute later.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025
The extremely hot plasma emission is one that only appears as planets form and grow by sucking up hydrogen from their surroundings, Close said.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Ticks are small, blood-sucking parasites that latch onto humans and animals, often hiding in skin folds, hairlines or even eyelashes.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
Verb
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Look for male trees at garden centers, as females produce foul-smelling fruits.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Employees of Hollywood Tow called the LAPD on September 8 after smelling something foul from the car, per KTLA 5.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For a sexy, twisty-turny, biting psychosexual thriller set around pools, see Jacques Deray’s 1969 La Piscine.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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On three occasions, Suárez served suspensions for biting an opponent.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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