drain
Example Sentences
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Will this be a drain on our retirement?
From MarketWatch
Helium is used to pressurise propellant tanks, and any fault in that system could affect the performance of the upper stage engine or the safe draining of the fuel.
From BBC
However, some ways of being inconvenienced are more draining than others.
From MarketWatch
Europe, emerging from a cold winter that has drained its storage inventories, has also been buying Qatari LNG alongside larger volumes of U.S.
It also includes a new Peatlands Strategy, city draining plans for Londonderry and Belfast, a Sustainable Agriculture Programme and a new Food Strategy Framework.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
