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Recent Examples of suction
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.
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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
This powerful carpet cleaner swiftly suctions up messes and scrubs them clean in one fell swoop, no manual labor required.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Human subjects whose mouths were attached to gustatory apparatuses that suctioned out oral cavity fluids and delivered aqueous solutions of Korean hot sauce and Hershey’s hot-chocolate powder exhibited the activation of overlapping as well as distinct brain regions in response to pleasure and pain.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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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
This powerful carpet cleaner swiftly suctions up messes and scrubs them clean in one fell swoop, no manual labor required.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Human subjects whose mouths were attached to gustatory apparatuses that suctioned out oral cavity fluids and delivered aqueous solutions of Korean hot sauce and Hershey’s hot-chocolate powder exhibited the activation of overlapping as well as distinct brain regions in response to pleasure and pain.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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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.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Overnight on Thursday, according to the Ukrainian military, a gas processing facility and pumping station in the Volgograd region of southern Russia were also hit.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Since Amazon first rolled out 30-second spots on Prime Video in January 2024, the streaming platform has slowly begun siphoning ad revenue from the linear TV market.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Alternatively, an easier method is to use a siphon pump to siphon the old oil out of the mower.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Suction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suction. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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