siphon
Example Sentences
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Higher energy prices tend to disproportionately hurt low-income people and siphon some of their spending from other areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
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
New competitors began to siphon off market share, and fashion trends underwent a gradual shift to favor denim and workwear.
From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025
While I dressed I heard Brett put down glasses and then a siphon, and then heard them talking.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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