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The bustling evening market, where locals gather for tacos, now empties out early.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2026 -
As the room empties out, the judge says out loud that there are a number of no-shows that day.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
22 Dec. 2025
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On the morning of January 29, 2024, her family evacuates their homes in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City.—
E. Alex Jung,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Each tiny seed sucks up water to form a layer of mucilage, creating a gel-like texture.—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
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In the end, none of it makes any difference because everybody’s ballot sucks anyway.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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The denial exhausts the city’s legal options for the 2022 ballot measure, known as Measure C.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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Ella has shades of Holly Hunter's intense, workaholic producer Jane from Brooks' 1987 masterpiece Broadcast News, the smartest person in any room who both exhausts and enchants everyone around her.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
12 Dec. 2025
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The first two sections of the amendment clarify that the vice president is next in line to take over if the president vacates office due to death, removal or resignation.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Whether or not Guardiola actually vacates his seat is another matter entirely.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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What voids a bumper-to-bumper warranty?—
Kate Tully Ellsworth,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Heat would avoid that payment, and subsequent regular payments, only if Silver voids his contract and expels him from the league.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Vacuates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuates. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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