overdraw
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Just post some collateral and overdraw all you want, as long as you’re square by 6 p.m.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
No need to worry about spending more than you have because it usually won’t let you overdraw.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Because banks often issue multiple charges a day, it’s not uncommon to overdraw your account by $20 and end up paying $200 for it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
McCarthy attacked Boxer’s ethics and personal finances in connection with the House banking scandal, in which members of Congress were allowed to overdraw their accounts without penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
“People overdraw their accounts all the time,” she said.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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But if the landfill overdraws these gases, these wells can introduce oxygen, which can speed up waste decomposition and produce heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
As Wang explained, shifting in his seat and gesturing with his hands throughout, Alameda earned an “allow_negative” badge because it helped the firm sidestep the automatic procedures Wang implemented to prevent account overdraws and wipeouts.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2023
“We’re in a period of 23 years of sustained drought and overdraws on the system,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
He even overdraws his bank account to stretch the money further.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2018
Here, manifestly, in setting down a speech which a gentleman only thought, a chronicler overdraws his account with the patient reader, who has a right not to accept this draft on his credulity.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
When I was in college, I never overdrew my bank account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
For some reason, the bank debited my account twice for the same payment, which meant it overdrew my account and I got slapped with an overdraft fee.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2020
At 11, Singh overdrew his approach and went into the pond.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 22, 2020
In California, a worker was automatically fired after she overdrew her quota of unpaid time off by a single hour following a death in her family.
From The Verge ● Feb. 27, 2020
In interpreting the emotions of dumb animals he sometimes overdrew, or seemed to overdraw, their resemblance to human beings.
From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
When the funds arrived, Puech’s account at Gonet had been overdrawn for months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
Another law, Assembly Bill 2017, bars state-chartered banks and credit unions from charging non-sufficient funds fees on debit-card transactions that are declined because the account is overdrawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
Ms Jones said she was £464 overdrawn as a result of being overcharged.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
There was no whimsy to this lifestyle, just overdrawn accounts and the creeping realization that I might live this way forever.
From Slate ● May 18, 2024
It was a very short swim, but she had overdrawn her strength for days past.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Despite uncertainty over the exact figure, experts agree that overdrawing oil from the salt caverns it is stored in would damage the caverns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Legislation passed in 2014 requires water districts to stop overdrawing their aquifers by the 2040s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Many banks offer online and mobile tools that track your balance to avoid overdrawing accounts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
He said the widespread depletion of groundwater is another symptom of overdrawing the region’s critical water reserves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
Mapu was guilty of overdrawing his characters; he exceeded the limits of truth.
From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Nahum Slouschz