siphon
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Analysts say Winter's rising star could siphon votes from Smotrich's base, potentially preventing his Religious Zionism party from clearing the electoral threshold of 3.25 percent unless it joins a list with another party.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
A digital bill of rights would be a major part of that by boosting privacy and protecting the level of data that corporations can siphon up about ordinary people.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Yet this immense spending has started to siphon off most of these companies’ free cash flow, spooking investors who are worried about the return on investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Prosecutors say that Williamson, Becerra’s then-chief of staff Sean McCluskie and lobbyist Greg Campbell took part in a scheme to siphon money from Becerra’s dormant campaign account and funnel it to McCluskie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
It looks like she’s trying to siphon water out of their irrigation system, but that’s not going to work.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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He’s right that fraud undermines public support and siphons money from those who truly need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
From there, the water flowed by gravity, moving at 3-6 mph as it traveled through pipelines, siphons and tunnels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025
The health authority acknowledged there could be potential equity concerns if One Medical siphons off commercially insured patients with higher payment rates from clinics that serve patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Scientists initially blamed this crucial ecosystem’s die-off solely on an unusually strong El Niño, a weather pattern that periodically siphons water away from the western Pacific and lowers local tides.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
The parasite clamps onto the intestines and siphons nutrients from the body.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The seizures represent only a small portion of the tens of billions siphoned from Americans each year—but they are growing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A probe into donations allegedly siphoned off at India's grand Ram temple has renewed scrutiny of how religious sites manage vast amounts of cash and gold entrusted to them by devotees.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
They do it because they don’t want to get siphoned up as aggregated data for marketing purposes, and they just want to do whatever they’re doing on the internet with some expectation of privacy.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
“But how to reach it? This potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, or siphoned away, nor can it be Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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It condemned illegal tapping and siphoning, warning that such activities put lives, the environment and the economy at risk.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
One individual was charged in connection with allegedly siphoning funds from a company involved in the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Other product lines Tan has brought together, including data-center switches and software, are siphoning even more AI economics toward Broadcom.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
To advocates and education unions, such maneuvers amounted to improper or possibly illegal siphoning — and that’s one detail they were watching for Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Hermione pulled it toward her and began siphoning the ink off with her wand.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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