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It wasn’t a cop-out for a season that seems to have gone down the drain.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Builders warn that the labor drain is stalling supply and worsening nationwide housing affordability challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A chest tube was inserted to drain the fluid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Pumping stations have been operating at full capacity for days, but Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said Sunday it could take "up to a week" for the waters to fully drain.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

When magma drains away from a reservoir, the overlying ground can sink.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

My driveway also has drains built into it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Once the lava drains away, it can leave behind hollow tunnels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

He drains the life out of an opposing crowd as well as anyone in major league history, with a 1.42 ERA in six road playoff outings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The rain drains easily and even the wind of midwinter cannot penetrate the deeper burrows.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

After a prolonged wait to charge a drained battery, the aircraft took another 10 minutes to get airborne.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"As long as energy exports from the Gulf remain disrupted, stocks will need to be drained further to supply the market," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

Residents were also outraged that the nearby Santa Ynez Reservoir, which had been drained for lengthy repairs, sat empty and dry as neighborhoods burned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Later, Nok stood between her parents, holding the trophy, feeling both drained and giddy, while her father's colleagues came up to congratulate them.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

If expensive, public and emotionally draining lawsuits can be avoided, they should be, and these grown children appear to be avoiding that course of action, for now.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

"When it's subsiding, that means that there's probably magma draining away from the volcano, but once the ground starts uplifting again, that can mean that there's potentially new magma moving in," Johnson said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

A California e-commerce platform is fueling the rise of live shopping in the United States, taking on giants such as TikTok and tackling concerns that the app is draining people’s bank accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Wildfires in Indonesia are blamed in large part on slash-and-burn land-clearing practices that result in the destruction of fire-resistant forest cover and the draining of peatlands.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Arguing with her always had a draining effect on me.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall