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Recent Examples of sucking
Thrips have rasping, sucking mouthparts.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
On a recent day on the river's gravel bank in sight of Denver's skyscrapers, Singel found speck after speck of gold, sucking it out of his pan with an eyedropper.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Trying to undo a Brazilian butt lift (or BBL) by sucking it out of the body carries the risk for nerve damage, asymmetry, and skin laxity.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The poverty line’s narrow focus on food leaves out how much other expenses are now sucking up incomes and lowballing the minimum amount Americans need to get by.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Their parties became notorious even in my own cliques; my parents knew to expect at least a few dozen teenagers crashing their party, sucking down all the noodles, and sneaking beers in the canyon down below.
—Natasha Pickowicz, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The sheer amount of land being earmarked to construct enormous energy and water-sucking data centers is remarkable.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Feb. 2026
The historic buildout, mostly to serve energy-sucking data centers, could cost as much as $60 billion, according to some estimates.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Poly means many and ticks are blood-sucking insects.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
On a recent day on the river's gravel bank in sight of Denver's skyscrapers, Singel found speck after speck of gold, sucking it out of his pan with an eyedropper.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Trying to undo a Brazilian butt lift (or BBL) by sucking it out of the body carries the risk for nerve damage, asymmetry, and skin laxity.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
The poverty line’s narrow focus on food leaves out how much other expenses are now sucking up incomes and lowballing the minimum amount Americans need to get by.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Their parties became notorious even in my own cliques; my parents knew to expect at least a few dozen teenagers crashing their party, sucking down all the noodles, and sneaking beers in the canyon down below.
—Natasha Pickowicz, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2026
The sheer amount of land being earmarked to construct enormous energy and water-sucking data centers is remarkable.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 19 Feb. 2026
The historic buildout, mostly to serve energy-sucking data centers, could cost as much as $60 billion, according to some estimates.
—Drew Kann, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Poly means many and ticks are blood-sucking insects.
—Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sucking
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Let Dishes Pile Up in the Sink Staying on top of your dishes saves you time in the long run and keeps your kitchen looking and smelling its best.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
7 Mar. 2026
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The duo is designed to soften hair and strengthen strands while (obviously) smelling really good.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 2026
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The series became a bestselling book, increasing Anderson’s profile as an incisive commentator with biting wit but very little malice.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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MultiChoice launched Showmax across Africa 11 years ago in August 2015 to compete with the advent of streamers like Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon’s Prime Video, Disney+ and others which all became available on the continent and started biting into MultiChoice’s legacy pay-TV subscriber base.—
Thinus Ferreira,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sucking. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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