Hoovered

China has been hyperactive in cyber spying and it has hoovered up western technology and science secrets.

Once one player has been overvalued, the knock-on effect in negotiations with the others exacerbates the situation, until regional budgets are all but hoovered up.

I’d hoovered the day before and believed my floors to be relatively clean.

But unless steps are taken to prevent it, this will simply be hoovered up by the ownership class.

I sat in a dishevelled sea-front hotel in Ilfracombe (which perhaps hadn’t been hoovered since 1983?) and contemplated my options.

One thing in Samsung’s favor in realizing that vision, Kim said, is a more hands-off approach to consumer data than internet-based rivals that have in past years hoovered up users’ personal information to improve their services.

The Belgium centre-forward gave his man a head start but he hoovered up the ground and he was in control of the situation by the time he entered the area.

The two third-party candidates on the ballot have hoovered up more than 13,000 votes, nearly six times the gap between McAdams and Owens.

Muhammed said: “The sniffer dogs were trained with the personal wears of the missing officer, and when we reached these areas call ‘No-Man’s Land’ they only hoovered on this spot.

So when he hoovered up information for the commercial venture, he was violating the company’s terms.