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The Cadiz water project, a plan to drain water from the Mojave desert, has been fought by environmentalists for a quarter-century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

In Beykoz, on Istanbul's Asian side, DHA news agency said another man had died after falling into a well while trying to drain the water at a school construction site.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I spent 25 days in the hospital to drain the peritonitis fluid and a year in bed at home healing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Ekon turned to find its source and felt the blood drain from his face.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Keane said the problem was at least partly down to misconnections, where plumbing from housing developments is wrongly linked to surface water drains rather than sewers, sending untreated waste into waterways.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“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

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

It looks as though every drop of blood drains from my face.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Strict European regulations for greener cars and underused factories drained the bottom line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

At this point, we’re all so psychically drained that the only response we can muster to this vacant period piece is: So what?

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Fittingly, it was the red-hot Stark who drained her putt on the 17th for a 2&1 win that meant Europe would at worst be level heading into the singles.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Matthias drained the last of the milk from his bowl, wiping cream from his whiskers with the back of a paw.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Getting out of credit-card debt faster is a worthy goal, but draining your emergency savings to do so can backfire.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Garrick Stafford swapped dinner updates and made plans for the future with his glamorous online girlfriend, Sarah—all while draining his savings, running up credit-card debt and moving tens of thousands of dollars into crypto wallets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

She claims concrete foundations and trenches for access roads have prevented rainwater from draining towards the sea.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

In 1913, the city began draining the valley’s water through the newly built L.A.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

She took Lyra into the little kitchen and laid her on the draining board while Malcolm nursed the little flames.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman