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Recent Examples of suction
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.
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The Gold Pig is unassuming, with a plain white-tiled façade and rows of tables with metal grills and extractor fans to suction up the oily air.
—Thessaly La Force, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2025
The Bug Bite Thing is clinically proven to suction out irritants like venom and saliva from mosquitoes, wasps, and more, taking the itching, stinging, and swelling with them.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Don't use a tourniquet Don't try to suction out the venom, and don't cut or slice the bite
Keep the affected extremity elevated while traveling to a medical facility.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The Gold Pig is unassuming, with a plain white-tiled façade and rows of tables with metal grills and extractor fans to suction up the oily air.
—Thessaly La Force, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2025
The Bug Bite Thing is clinically proven to suction out irritants like venom and saliva from mosquitoes, wasps, and more, taking the itching, stinging, and swelling with them.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Don't use a tourniquet Don't try to suction out the venom, and don't cut or slice the bite
Keep the affected extremity elevated while traveling to a medical facility.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suction
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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For the celebratory affair at a Panaderia Don Julio pop-up in London, the model and musician mixed new Saint Laurent pumps with a dress from one of the fashion house’s early 2000s collections.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Lyman also worries that money spent of fusion could siphon dollars from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Van Teutem took on the project after watching the prestige treadmill siphon talented, creative kids into trivial work—and then close the door behind them.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Suction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suction. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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