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
  • But state Attorney General Steve Marshall on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to vacate the lower court ruling that struck down lawmakers' 2023 map, citing the high court's decision earlier this week.
    Joe Walsh, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • And every district court that has considered the principal argument raised by the Plaintiffs here has granted a motion to postpone and/or vacate a termination of TPS for failing to comply with the requisite procedures for doing so established by Congress.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Both head coaches emptied the bench to start the fourth.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026
  • The wind was picking up, and the playground was starting to empty.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 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
  • Cherry Park is asking the court to block any eminent domain action and void underlying agreements between the district and CB Holdings.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 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 9 May. 2026.

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