sapping

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With higher energy prices sapping growth, tax revenues are set to be lower than eurozone governments had anticipated when framing their budgets for 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Fair enough, although this is hardly the first government building project to cost more than advertised, and the Fed funds it from the central bank’s own resources rather than sapping tax revenue from Treasury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

But playing long into the summer in sapping conditions to become world champions is beginning to take its toll.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Heidi Allen, the ex-Tory MP who was the first leader of Change UK, recalls her party became "lost in admin", sapping the fledgling movement of oxygen.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025

The wound in my arm was sapping my ability to think, but I muttered, “Communication device ... spy at camp.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan