leech

And I wanted to leech off of that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The decision pays off in the film’s third act, when Matthew is exonerated in the court of the public and receives the adoration he’s been trying to leech from Oliver.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025

It may be that one of the problems holding up the identification of leech leaping for all these years was the absence of humans with cameras.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

They hope that their new leech devices will soon be able to play a part in the health of children and anyone else who is afraid of needles.

From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024

She removes the leech from my neck and helps undo my waist-sash.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

At age 25, Birutė Galdikas, the Canadian anthropologist, was wading through swamps riddled with parasites and leeches trying to catch a glimpse of orangutans, or, as she describes them, “survivors of Eden.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

In “Parasite,” Bong constructs a multilayered question over who the titular leeches are.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

They’re tipped into a chemical solution which leeches the gold out into the liquid.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

“Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass,” she murmured, running her finger down the list of ingredients.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

But multiple pharmacy owners told The Oregonian/OregonLive that an even larger challenge is the big share of profits leeched off by the pharmacy benefit managers.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

He said: "We were absolutely blown away when we saw the contents in there, as we might have expected them to have leeched out."

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2024

Unable to knuckle through cramps that compelled me to learn Lamaze breathing and heavy bleeding that leeched the life force out of me, I opted for a hysterectomy.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022

The waste might also be leeched into the soil, or into harder sediment, or, worst case, might have made its way into the groundwater.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2022

A poor manner can be leeched out of anyone.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

By claiming to believe in demons, the vice president is leeching onto another youth trend, and probably getting a hefty boost in social media algorithms for it.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

These folks were, in fact, the flimsy remnants of Cuomo’s actual base: high-status opportunists leeching off one of their own.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025

In the meantime, Millie told the inquiry "confusion, frustration and anxiety... was leeching into my home".

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025

The trick to their method: Instead of leeching with an excess of citric acid like conventional methods, they use a relatively small amount.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024

I don’t know whether or not I will do this, but driving along I have planned it in detail even to the kind of pump, the leeching bins, the tests to determine disappearance of salinity.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck