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There is consensus in the AI world that the model builders have vacuumed in almost all possible data that one can find accessible online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

So far, he said, crews have vacuumed up about 90% of the fluid that had pooled in the dry creek bed that cuts across the 485-acre oil field.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2019

As part of its post-storm cleanup workers have vacuumed 63 truckloads holding about 315,000 gallons from the tanks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2017

Part of the problem, activists say, is that national groups like FreedomWorks have vacuumed up money and publicity as local groups wither.

From Time • Dec. 7, 2012

Before they emerge from the spacecraft in the Pacific, the crew will have vacuumed the interior, collecting the swept-up material in canisters containing a chemical absorbent.

From Time Magazine Archive