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Industry friends won’t unless they’re either a saint, a sap or just stupid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Giant hogweed contains a sap which can leave painful blistering and scarring when it comes into contact with human skin.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

One such chemical is sulfoxaflor, a next generation pesticide introduced in 2013 to eliminate sap feeding insects such as aphids on crops including soybeans and corn.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Residents living near the sites of planned data centers fear they will sap their electrical power and boost utility bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

His contribution—detailing an encounter when two souls had arrived at once— used a variety of mediums: berry pulp, bone slivers, feathers, sap.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The downside is that the buydowns are expensive and have sapped profit margins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

In 2020, it was global lockdowns that sapped demand for fuel almost overnight, while triggering a short-lived U.S. recession.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026

In turn, Williamsburg has been sapped of all its affordability, and increasingly, its cool factor.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

And in the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I’d sapped the family savings with Phalanxifor copays, and Mom couldn’t work because she had taken on the full-time profession of Hovering Over Me.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Fifth seed Flavio Cobolli said he lacked energy in a third-round defeat, which he attributed to his volume of matches and New York's sapping heat.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

What it suggests is each rally is sapping more and more strength from the bulls.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Any geopolitical shocks or macro events could also widen credit spreads, raising funding costs for issuers and sapping investor demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Describing the impact of the bombardment, one Tehran resident said that the constant "sound of ongoing blasts is fatiguing" and energy sapping.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Those germs undermined Indian resistance by killing most Indians and their leaders and by sapping the survivors’ morale.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond