depleting
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People living near coasts, rivers and lakes ramp up fishing, depleting stocks rapidly until controls are enacted in some locations, along with increased farming for seaweed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Now, "we are depleting that savings account", she warned.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The weather pattern often brings drought, depleting the lake that feeds the canal’s system of locks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
One is the new 'overtake' mode, the other is the way the 2026 engines work, almost completely depleting and recharging batteries several times a lap.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The nation’s entire nuclear arsenal was dependent on only two sources: a single rapidly depleting mine in the Belgian Congo and another in Canada, near the Arctic Circle.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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