leach
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Yuvraj Yadav, who sells sandwiches in a Mumbai suburb, says he used to wrap them in discarded newspapers, despite concerns that chemicals in the printing ink can leach into food.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
When old records make it to a landfill, they’re not only likely to outlive the site, but can also leach plasticizers, a Keele University report found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
They are encased and unlikely to leach into the soil.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
They need acid to leach metal from copper-oxide ore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The black orb on top seemed to leach the color right out of the air.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
High in phosphorus, it can become a problem when excess nutrients from animal manure leaches into rivers and groundwater.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
Sometimes, the chemical “sauce” leaches out of plastic, a process that, research has shown, can be toxic.
From Slate ● May 28, 2025
Without the constant pressure of gravity on the skeletal system, calcium from bones leaches into the body, which besides weakening the bones themselves can lead astronauts to be at higher risk of developing kidney stones.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
"The AOM produce either nitrate, which leaches into groundwater and surrounding bodies of water, causing eutrophication, or nitrous oxide, which is a powerful greenhouse gas."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
If that fog leaches out of the jungle, or the monkeys return.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
The material is then leached into a wine‑red liquid, filtered, evaporated and finally transformed into a fine white powder -- lithium.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The research team demonstrated in a study published last year, that chemicals were leached from microplastics into human sweat.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
The smell of incense — a combination of frankincense and myrrh — leached from every corner of the space, creating a somewhat soporific effect.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
He had surely succeeded in crossing the river, but somewhere along the watery way his memory of a mouse named Abel had leached out.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Despite recycling efforts, most plastic ends up in landfills where it can take centuries to decompose, leaching out chemicals during that time, Deeney said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
Dad told Mom she needed to ask her mother for the money to fund the cyanide- leaching process he was developing.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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