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“I just worry that I’m flushing money down the drain a little bit as I kind of pay to a landlord,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

There are ways that investors can still benefit from the higher yields, while also reducing the drain from rising inflation and falling bond prices.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

She plucks them, then buries them in silica sand for up to two weeks to drain any moisture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The day after her diagnosis, Phoebe had her first surgery where a drain was inserted to relieve the pressure on her brain, caused by a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She looked at everything as they walked to the pier—towels spread over deck railings to dry, funny little windows with flowery curtains, an orange kayak left upside down to drain.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Residents in the area reported power shortages, flooded garages and drains clogged with sand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

That drains about $1 billion a year from the capital’s economy, according to an analysis by Oxford Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Hawaii's emergency management agency recommended residents clear gutters and drains and move valuables off the ground, seal gaps in doors and remove tree limbs that threaten their properties.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Residents have also been asked to ensure that local storm drains are clear.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

She still counts storm drains: thirty-eight on the walk home from her laboratory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

"The peat is drained by extractive plantations, monoculture plantations, whether oil palm or pulpwood," Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Belgis Habiba told AFP in Pontianak.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

"I wiped my computer and changed all my passwords and was exhausted emotionally and mentally drained," they said.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Those poor girls were pawns in the local political wrangle as much as I was. They were being drained and wrung out and so was I,” Flynn wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The song is a lesson about the importance of empathy drained of the feel-good reassurance that might let the listener off the hook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Then she drained the almonds onto a large, flat cookie sheet.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Increasingly, parents are draining money from retirement accounts and home equity to pay for their children’s educations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The usual course of treatment involves physically draining rounds of chemotherapy and radiation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"It has been emotionally draining and it has had an emotional impact that will last a long time."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The color was draining from Javier’s face, his lips were the wrong hue, they were so wrong, it was all wrong.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro