drain
Example Sentences
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Geological Survey also was completed last month, and tariffs expected on the metal in 2026 have stoked an enormous wave of imports that has drained supply in other markets around the world.
From Barron's
The inspectors also reported crews spraying contaminated pool water onto neighboring properties and into storm drains, and excavator operators using toothed buckets that caused clean and contaminated soil to be commingled.
From Los Angeles Times
They move into weak regulatory terrain, rewrite the rules in their favor, drain the resources that communities rely on and send the value somewhere else.
From Salon
Argentina’s central bank holds foreign currency reserves to pay debt, defend the peso and cover imports, but they have been drained by years of currency controls and financial crises.
Magnetic storms distort satellite signals; frigid temperatures drain batteries or freeze equipment in minutes; navigation systems lack reference points on snowfields.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
