leaching
Example Sentences
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Despite recycling efforts, most plastic ends up in landfills where it can take centuries to decompose, leaching out chemicals during that time, Deeney said.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Audience trust is leaching away fast and Brits are increasingly refusing to pay up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
This unusual imbalance suggested that liquid water had once seeped through the rocks, effectively leaching lutetium out of them.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025
Regular tests show surface water in the Faughan is not affected, but groundwater under the landfill is polluted and the aim is to prevent this leaching into the river.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
It took a second for him to register the cold and the damp leaching into his sneakers.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
