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suck in

verb as in absorb

verb as in inhale

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I got sucked in and kept grabbing the arm of executive producer Carter Stanton — who was sitting directly next to me — every time a category came up that included “The Brutalist.”

The instability has sucked in neighbouring countries to devastating effect – notoriously in the 1990s when two huge conflicts, dubbed Africa's World Wars, resulted in the deaths of millions of people.

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But Ireland solved the puzzle, narrowing their attack to the same point over multiple phases, ensuring quicker recycling and sucking in England to open gaps out wide.

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The huge state and federal pumps in the delta sucked in the fish, further threatening the species’ survival.

Whooping cough is named for the high-pitched whoop that can be heard as patients suck in air after coughing.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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