drain

Example Sentences

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Now, many of them are coming home—and the reverse brain drain is fueling Beijing’s efforts to take on Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Meanwhile, most retirement plans still use outdated assumptions — and quietly drain your savings.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The fear, banks say, is that such yields look too much like those paid by savings accounts and could drain their deposits.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

But it also allows you the room you need to expand your world with abundance, not shrink it and drain it into scarcity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

I walk over to the small sink and run my hands under the water to wash away the ever-present dirt on my fingers, tiny muddy rivulets carrying this place down the drain.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed