siphon

Example Sentences

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The longer this money resides in your sister’s bank account, the more opportunity she will have to siphon it away or spend it.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

But for anyone who’s tangled with an eating disorder — and the way its tendrils quietly siphon joy from even the simplest routines — it is something.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

As just one example, a Treasury advisory committee has estimated that payment stablecoins, which may be issued by all sorts of nonbanks, could siphon off $6.6 trillion of bank deposits.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, to siphon funds from Becerra’s dormant state campaign account between February 2022 and September 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Hatsue bent forward and slipped a forefinger inside the siphon.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson