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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

They could lead to limits on what agents can do and, if agent-caused harms become widespread, drain the pocketbooks of top AI labs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Test each drain on your property by placing a garden hose in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Using excavators and pumping machines, Nepalese rescuers dug a series of trenches from the tunnel all the way to the river outside, so they could drain the water.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

I drain the rest of my cold coffee.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

“It’s amazing to get all the new businesses back in, we’re doing great—and then everything starts flooding again because the stormwater drains are still clogged,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Dry, windy days lift ash back into the air, while rain and snow turn it into a heavy deposit blocking drains and damaging infrastructure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Perhaps even more disloyally, he allows his producers to run her song “Don’t Let Go” through a pop blender that drains it of all its personal meaning and artistic integrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The following summer, ministers blamed members of the public who littered and caused drains to block.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The sewer drains thundered liltingly; the streets shone like glazed candy.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Helen says she felt "emotionally drained" trying to work out what was happening.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

The Fire Department drained the pool, which was red-tagged by the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Take Sunday Ticket, the NFL’s out-of-market package, which drained about $1 billion from DirecTV in its final season and is projected to cost YouTube nearly $9 billion over its current, seven-year deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

A pint of blood drained from Leo’s face.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

In Arizona, streams are mostly dry, and the state has many water-intensive mining projects, each with systems for draining stormwater and disposing of water used in minerals processing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Sir Tony Blair wrote that "PMQs was the most nerve wracking, discombobulating, nail biting, bowel moving, terror inspiring, courage draining experience in my prime ministerial life, without question".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

I nodded and felt a distant sort of release, as if something inside of me was draining away.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez