vacuate

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Verb
  • As of Friday afternoon, 14 climbers including seven foreign nationals had been safely evacuated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • Spanish officials said Friday that once the ship reaches Tenerife, passengers will be evacuated in small boats to buses only after their repatriation flights are ready to take them.
    Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Andrew moved to Sandringham earlier this year after he was asked to vacate his home at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • As the source of food dies off, spiders will naturally vacate in search of food elsewhere.
    Dan Simms, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Barron allegedly pointed the gun at the boyfriend's friend and told him to empty his pockets.
    Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • To begin, lab assistant Julia Butac empties a burlap bag of beans into a bin and starts to sift them a couple handfuls at a time, removing anything that isn't a full bean.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Just like a Slurpee cup with multiple straws, whoever sucks the hardest gets the most.
    Robert Knight, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • The movie starred Ewan McGregor as Christian, a writer who ends up sucked into Paris' Bohemian movement, and Kidman as Satine, the star performer and courtesan at the titular cabaret.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The starting quarterback competition is coming down to returning players Cole Ballard and Isaiah Marshall, as Jalon Daniels has exhausted his eligibility and Rice transfer Chase Jenkins recovers from an injury.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • Diplomacy, economic pressure, and international cooperation should always be exhausted first.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Missouri lawmakers passed an operating budget that restored $2 million to the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, which could have voided the lease between the state and the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.
    Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • But last year a judge voided Jordan’s conviction after finding prosecutors were unable to prove a clear motive for Jordan.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Vacuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuate. Accessed 12 May. 2026.

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