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leach

[leech] / litʃ /


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"But that process also stops them fully degrading and causes toxic chemicals to leach into the environment."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Coal mines often leach dangerous chemicals like arsenic into waterways and are required to strictly monitor pollution discharge and keep it under certain limits.

From Salon Jun. 10, 2026

Jefferies cuts Nickel Industries to hold from buy, and lowers its price target by 17% to A$1.00/share, citing increasing geopolitical headwinds and higher sulfur prices reducing profit margins of its high-pressure acid leach operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 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

I don’t want a blanket, even if the marble continues to leach my body heat.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

Namely, local bull trout populations are struggling because the pond leaches groundwater away from Gold Creek itself.

From Seattle Times May 21, 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

In a study cited by Liu’s paper, researchers found that some chemicals leached from a black spatula into cooking oil.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 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

The vegetables were small and withered, the flowers leached of their color, confusing the birds and the bees.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

As backup, she also built a parallel facility in Australia for an environmentally sensitive processing step, known as cracking and leaching, completed in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The chemical is essential in the leaching process of copper, which involves extracting the metal from copper ore.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

Plastic cigarette filters are the world's most littered item, leaching toxic chemicals into the environment and breaking down into microplastics -- while doing very little for the smoker, the secretariat said.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 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

It took a second for him to register the cold and the damp leaching into his sneakers.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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