drained
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“To Catch a Predator” drained some of the humanity from TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Mentally, physically, emotionally, I’m drained to the last drop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The peat is drained by extractive plantations, monoculture plantations, whether oil palm or pulpwood," Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Belgis Habiba told AFP in Pontianak.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
We find Mizrahi’s world in grayscale, drained of color in the wake of critical and cultural failure.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
All the mirth had drained from Rose’s face, and Ophie shivered as a draft found its way around the windows and twirled through the kitchen.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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