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As it happens, he may get the rate cut he desires, but only because his tariff and immigration policies are sapping America’s economic strength, producing a slump that warrants a reduction.

But rising temperatures can play a more fundamental role by sapping moisture from the soil via evaporation.

Characterizing their identities as "waste" and "fraud" works like Kennedy's disparagement of disabled people: It dehumanizes anyone fascists view as sapping the "strength" of American society.

Global warming changed the behavior of the jet stream, and a new pattern is now clear: sapping moisture from the West Coast and freezing the East.

In an eight-over spell in sapping heat, he averaged over 88mph, but more importantly used his height to generate venomous lift.