as in to evacuate
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The next morning, Storer drove to Altadena—an area bordering Eaton Canyon that’s long been a haven for middle-class Black families and has recently attracted the young and upwardly mobile—to help another friend evacuate and hose down her home.—
Hannah Goldfield,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025 -
The 2018 Woolsey fire destroyed more than 1,600 structures, killed three people and forced more than 295,000 to evacuate.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Taylor could also petition a federal judge to vacate the arbitration award.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Nurkic is here to eat up some of the center minutes vacated by Williams’ departure, brought on board along with a 2026 first-round pick from Phoenix in exchange for Martin, Micić and a 2026 second-round selection.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Please be sure all used items are clean and pockets emptied.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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These memories appear and recede as fluidly as human thoughts, without reason or chronology or obvious connection to what’s happening outside her head (mostly emptying mouse traps, taking meals, spats between sisters, chasing government permissions to bury Sister Jenny’s remains).—
Lauren Christensen,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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That’s the fun thing for me, is there’s no reason the next one couldn’t suck back in and be a chamber piece again.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2022
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Despite its appearance, the hummingbird’s tongue doesn't suck up nectar like a drinking straw.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
Verb
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The Cowboys seem to be more concerned about the possibility of cap hell than exhausting every last resource to win now.—
Jon Machota,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Baltimore region has recently faced a volley of winter weather, exhausting some school systems of their snow days and leaving slippery roads behind.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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If Soto exercises the opt-out, the Mets can void it by increasing Soto's annual salary from 2030-39 by $4 million, keeping him under contract for 15 years and $805 million.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Schumaker didn’t want to continue managing the Marlins, and both parties voided his option for 2025.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Vacuate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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