evaporate
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The solvent was allowed to evaporate before termites were introduced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Some millennials, in particular those who watched housing wealth evaporate during the Great Recession, may also see homeownership as “a liability,” said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a senior research associate at the Harvard housing studies center.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
After quitting his job, he had invested half of his severance pay into semiconductor stocks and saw $7,200 evaporate in a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Clark held a five-shot lead going into the final day, but saw his advantage evaporate as McIlroy drew level with seven holes left to play.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Hazel wondered what it would be like to melt, if you would feel yourself slowly liquefy, or if your conscious thoughts would evaporate away before you did.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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There is no especially good reason for this, and it pretty much evaporates for the remainder of the eight-episode series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
When rain falls in the summer months, high daytime temperatures can mean that the water quickly evaporates away from the soil.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It then rains, but the rain evaporates before it reaches the ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The graphite cubes in the cap soak up water and spread it across a larger surface area than your forehead so it evaporates faster, making you feel cooler, according to research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Water absorbs the heat generated by fission and evaporates into steam.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Had she secured a second Olympic gold, the motivation to dive into the pro ranks might have evaporated.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
U.S. stocks fell as the brief calm in the bond market evaporated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Their findings suggest that the material came from a region near the surface of its parent asteroid, where liquid water evaporated and left behind increasingly concentrated salts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
"As suddenly as you began, you stopped, your anger evaporated, and then you dozed off."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Its shell turned bright red as its insides evaporated.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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Teenage work has been evaporating across the nation since the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It was a sign that the "spirit of Anchorage" has, if not disappeared, then at least started evaporating.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Pfizer faces a looming patent cliff and evaporating demand for its Covid drugs.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
In fact, it only obscures my view for a few seconds before evaporating completely.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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