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In some places, like northeastern Pennsylvania, activist churches now find themselves sapped of influence because of declining rates of worship, including among those who identify as Christian only as matter of ancestral tradition.

Then a hamstring injury late in the 2023 season sapped Marks of his usual burst.

The energy seemed to be sapped out of Draper, who has struggled in the early part of his career with fitness problems, by a lengthy rally in the fourth game.

That sapped the money that once allowed the Press-Telegram to support a staff of more than 200 journalists.

He was sapped of his physical gifts, however, when he was diagnosed with his neurological disorder at 37, just two years after his retirement in 2017.