siphon
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A digital bill of rights would be a major part of that by boosting privacy and protecting the level of data that corporations can siphon up about ordinary people.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Banks have increasingly braced for the threat that stablecoins become widely adopted, especially if crypto firms are able to siphon deposits from banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The judge described the diversion of public funds as a gross abuse of public trust and said proxy companies and associates were used to siphon money from the projects.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Yet higher gas prices could siphon money away from other retailers in the next few months if they persist.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
“Why don’t we lock the water in the truck, accept their hospitality, and maybe even have these people help us siphon gas. Then we can leave.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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He’s right that fraud undermines public support and siphons money from those who truly need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
DWR has also initiated a program to provide more pumps and siphons for local agencies that have maximized their ability to divert water for recharge, including the Fresno Irrigation District, Nemeth said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
But it is different from the previously favoured scenario, in which a white dwarf siphons material from a companion.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2023
The health authority acknowledged there could be potential equity concerns if One Medical siphons off commercially insured patients with higher payment rates from clinics that serve patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
The parasite clamps onto the intestines and siphons nutrients from the body.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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A probe into donations allegedly siphoned off at India's grand Ram temple has renewed scrutiny of how religious sites manage vast amounts of cash and gold entrusted to them by devotees.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
The trustee alleged that Calce and other insiders had improperly siphoned away cash and other assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Uber says its ballot measure will give victims a larger cut of their settlement money, rather than the payout getting siphoned off primarily to attorneys and doctors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
I stayed in the line longer than I expected, before they siphoned me off.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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Higher Treasury yields provide competition, siphoning income-hungry investors away capital that could support prices.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
To advocates and education unions, such maneuvers amounted to improper or possibly illegal siphoning — and that’s one detail they were watching for Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Arbitration has also become a massive phenomenon, siphoning countless cases off from the courts into a shadowy, opaque system that nobody can ever truly fully observe.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
The video YouTuber Nick Shirley posted just after Christmas alleged widespread fraud at day cares in Minnesota that were siphoning government funds but not providing care for any children at all.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026
Instead of siphoning off food for themselves or to bribe the warders, the new cooks used all the food allotted us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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