drain

Check that the water entering the drain is emerging from the curb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He now combs the hallways for bright aluminum cans to seize and pour down the drain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Storm surf generated by Hurricane Marie and runoff from a storm drain outfall eroded a large portion of the festival site," said a statement from the city of Santa Monica.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The collapse in April caused a water-filled crater known as Ufford Hole to drain on to surrounding land, including on a side channel towards the East Suffolk railway line.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Even as he stepped across the lush green of the turf, Taran felt exhaustion drain from his aching body.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Dry, windy days lift ash back into the air, while rain and snow turn it into a heavy deposit blocking drains and damaging infrastructure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Perhaps even more disloyally, he allows his producers to run her song “Don’t Let Go” through a pop blender that drains it of all its personal meaning and artistic integrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The following summer, ministers blamed members of the public who littered and caused drains to block.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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

There were vent pipes in the walls covered with wire mesh and there were drains in the floor.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Mentally, physically, emotionally, I’m drained to the last drop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Peat is a naturally wet ecosystem and stores large amounts of organic material. When peat is drained, this organic material is converted into fuel," Pantau Gambut spokesman Wahyu Perdana said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

"But this also means they can become a 'carbon bomb' when they are drained or burned, because that carbon can be rapidly released into the atmosphere."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

She dropped a speck in my hand, and all my hope drained away.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

It is these same industrial-scale development projects that have been largely responsible for draining the area's peat swamps, which renders them significantly more fire-prone, Prof Page says.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

She couldn’t even strike it without some of its foulness seeping into her, draining her life force.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older