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- verb Present participle of
hoover .
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Examples
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At the time, I was temping for a company that specializes in hoovering up state government service contracts, so I wrote “VFD Adventures” while cubicle-bound.
Virtual Collection 2006
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At the time, I was temping for a company that specializes in hoovering up state government service contracts, so I wrote “VFD Adventures” while cubicle-bound.
August 2006 2006
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At the time, I was temping for a company that specializes in hoovering up state government service contracts, so I wrote “VFD Adventures” while cubicle-bound.
VFD Adventures 2006
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In Canada, as in the UK, people vacuum the house by doing the "hoovering".
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Dear Joanna, your American friends will not know what 'hoovering' is.
auntie joanna writes Joanna Bogle 2007
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Very interesting, but I don't see how "hoovering" facts is going to lead to the singularity.
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Very interesting, but I don't see how "hoovering" facts is going to lead to the singularity.
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It's like 'hoovering', a branding name turned into a verb.
Feeling Listless - "Taking the credit for your second symphony." 2004
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Nations angry at what is being called "hoovering" of the icy sea by a 70 strong fleet were forced to meet outside the Antarctic
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In Canada, as in the UK, people vacuum the house by doing the "hoovering".
Progressive Bloggers 2009
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