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Recent Examples of suction
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Lake Superior’s Isle Royale, Apostle Islands, Pictured Rocks all at risk
Spotting zebra mussels suctioned to the murky lakebed – and sometimes under rocks – is no easy task.
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
—Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Shoppers appreciate its quiet yet powerful motor and ability to suction up dirt other vacuums miss.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
Inside a classroom at Nashville State Community College, nursing student Christa Hansen helped suction a tube inserted into a patient's trachea to keep his airway clear.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 20 Jan. 2026
That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
—Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
Shoppers appreciate its quiet yet powerful motor and ability to suction up dirt other vacuums miss.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
Inside a classroom at Nashville State Community College, nursing student Christa Hansen helped suction a tube inserted into a patient's trachea to keep his airway clear.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suction
Verb
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Drawing this degraded, sour crude is akin to pumping industrial poison through our midstream and downstream networks.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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There is no substitute for pumping oil from the ground and sending it directly to clients.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The public funding may not be siphoned out of library budgets, but shortfalls have to be covered somehow.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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In reality, unused assets quietly siphon income.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Suction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suction. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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