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Beijing might not want to drain its stores too much, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Moreover, these "gigantic deals can already drain liquidity from the market and may create situations in which there is more supply than demand," weighing on prices, said PwC's Kubisa.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Note: If the ricotta seems especially wet, drain it in a fine-mesh sieve before whipping.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Instead, take a close look at your day-to-day responsibilities and identify the specific tasks that drain you.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

It’s a horrible trick, the sense that her value is being sucked down the drain, like when the plug is pulled from the tub and the dirty water goes down.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Instead, they emit a faint form of radiation that slowly drains their energy, causing them to shrink and eventually disappear.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Unless the state acts, contaminated water will continue running off businesses’ parking lots into drains, adding to the “toxic soup” in Southern California waterways, said Bruce Reznik, executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Speaking to BBC Wales, Riley shared how she would often attend online council meetings "with drains hanging out off me... straight after surgery."

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

The storm drains of São Paulo, population 12 million, empty into the rivers, carrying all sorts of trash from city streets.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

Under overpasses or in runoff drains they congregated, smoking cigarettes, the hoods of their sweatshirts pulled up.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

What follows — the drained reserves, the mismatched oil, the strained grid and the price we all pay — is the fallout.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Muchova, who had clutched her ankle and gestured towards her side in pain during the final set, looked drained as she raised her arms in celebration.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

By the end of it, you were drained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Negotiations have often gone late into the night, producing miniscule advances and leaving diplomats drained -- especially those from small countries with only a handful of staff in Geneva covering every branch of the UN.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Most kids get drained on hot days, but not me.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Crews began draining the Reflecting Pool for the second time in three months on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Just days ahead of the report—due before the opening bell on June 18—Morgan Stanley downgraded shares to Equal-Weight from Overweight, noting that massive investments in AI were draining resources away from information technology services.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

Long-term care is draining the estate during the parents’ lives.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

And because flow activates brain networks that consume low amounts of energy, we experience it as a fun, playful state rather than a draining one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

As long as the wound kept draining well, though, they weren't worried.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow