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And financial advisers suggest having a solid buffer — meaning some extra dollars in the account so you don’t overdraw it and get charged penalties.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026

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

We also continue to overdraw from some of our biggest water bank accounts, the aquifers under the San Joaquin Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

Even if a buy now, pay later provider doesn’t penalize you for falling behind, your bank might if you overdraw an account tied to the loan, like a debit card.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

“People overdraw their accounts all the time,” she said.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

But if this system fails or overdraws these gases, these wells can introduce oxygen into the waste, speeding up waste decomposition and producing heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

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 Thackeray, William Makepeace

When I was in college, I never overdrew my bank account.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

But a few times, he overdrew his bank account.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021

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

"Then you fancy the author overdrew his hero?" he asked.

From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.

Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

She said digital payments risked her going overdrawn, and facing unmanageable interest and fees as a result.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

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 wasn’t until recent days that officials publicly acknowledged they weren’t just out of replenishment funds, but $10 billion overdrawn.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

Dear Customer, We are returning this check to you because your account is overdrawn and the transaction cannot be honored.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

Currently, the fee for overdrawing a bank account averages more than $26.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

Legislation passed in 2014 requires water districts to stop overdrawing their aquifers by the 2040s.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

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

Every customer, if he would avoid overdrawing his account, must at most times keep a goodly balance to his credit that he does not immediately need.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert