siphon
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The bills received a key endorsement from CSU, which has resisted past efforts out of concern that far less costly community college degrees could siphon students from its campuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
Yet this immense spending has started to siphon off most of these companies’ free cash flow, spooking investors who are worried about the return on investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Its IPO is so big that its fast-track inclusion into the Nasdaq 100 has some worried that it will also siphon capital from a host of big-ticket stocks—and may already be doing so.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
They winged through the last gleams of starlight, re-forming into their siphon of whirling wings, and she opened her mouth and took them back in.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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This includes the Revolutionary Guard, which siphons about half the revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles siphons water from Sierra streams and also pumps groundwater from wells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
Scientists initially blamed this crucial ecosystem’s die-off solely on an unusually strong El Niño, a weather pattern that periodically siphons water away from the western Pacific and lowers local tides.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022
Lumley siphons eyelash-size larvae hatched four months ago out of rearing containers and into a small Plexiglass box called a photarium, where they can be evaluated and measured.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The parasite clamps onto the intestines and siphons nutrients from the body.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The seizures represent only a small portion of the tens of billions siphoned from Americans each year—but they are growing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
“But how to reach it? This potion cannot be penetrated by hand, Vanished, parted, scooped up, or siphoned away, nor can it be Transfigured, Charmed, or otherwise made to change its nature.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Many have blamed this flood of supply for soaking up liquidity and siphoning capital away from existing publicly traded companies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
It condemned illegal tapping and siphoning, warning that such activities put lives, the environment and the economy at risk.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Freymond, who had been accused by a number of former clients of siphoning away their assets, was questioned by French investigating magistrates in July 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The videos "crowd-out" posts from actual entrepreneurs with Down syndrome, potentially siphoning away business, Rowe said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
With Park siphoning off current and funneling it to the ground, the level of voltage that Shin was exposed to as he crawled over his friend’s back was probably not close to being lethal.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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