sapped
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Low-friction digital convenience has sapped life and music of their organic weight.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Rio Grande has been sapped by more than two decades of drought and a century of heavy water use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
They said they paid $2,146,958.22 for gold coins worth roughly $1,360,925.00, “without any notion that in a matter of just two weeks” their retirement accounts had been sapped of more than $780,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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
The heat and humidity have sapped me of everything.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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