drained
Example Sentences
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Yet bogs are fragile, and as they are drained, burned or dug up to gather fuel or create more land for agriculture, they release millennia of stored greenhouse gases into the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Fire Department drained the pool, which was red-tagged by the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Page also points out that, whether on fire or not, a drained peatland emits carbon dioxide into the atmosphere "all of the time".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
"The peat is drained by extractive plantations, monoculture plantations, whether oil palm or pulpwood," Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Belgis Habiba told AFP in Pontianak.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Sunlight splashed in from overhead, bright without being too glaring, and my tension drained away.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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