siphon
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And even in if Amazon creates a chip business capable of helping its own stock, it may not have to siphon business from Nvidia to do so.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The judge described the diversion of public funds as a gross abuse of public trust and said proxy companies and associates were used to siphon money from the projects.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Prosecutors say that Williamson, Becerra’s then-chief of staff Sean McCluskie and lobbyist Greg Campbell took part in a scheme to siphon money from Becerra’s dormant campaign account and funnel it to McCluskie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Yet higher gas prices could siphon money away from other retailers in the next few months if they persist.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
They winged through the last gleams of starlight, re-forming into their siphon of whirling wings, and she opened her mouth and took them back in.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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He’s right that fraud undermines public support and siphons money from those who truly need it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
DWR has also initiated a program to provide more pumps and siphons for local agencies that have maximized their ability to divert water for recharge, including the Fresno Irrigation District, Nemeth said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
But it is different from the previously favoured scenario, in which a white dwarf siphons material from a companion.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2023
Lumley siphons eyelash-size larvae hatched four months ago out of rearing containers and into a small Plexiglass box called a photarium, where they can be evaluated and measured.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The siphons at the ends of their necks glistened.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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The trustee alleged that Calce and other insiders had improperly siphoned away cash and other assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Twenty years later, all of the money and power in publishing has been siphoned to the very, very rich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Each pay period, the money arrived and then vanished almost immediately, siphoned off by a stack of cash-advance apps that automatically withdrew what she owed.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
Perhaps without realizing it I became secretly envious; for one thing, I know I could not help seeing some of my younger brother Reginald’s lifelong admiration for me getting siphoned olf to Philbert.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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The videos "crowd-out" posts from actual entrepreneurs with Down syndrome, potentially siphoning away business, Rowe said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Arbitration has also become a massive phenomenon, siphoning countless cases off from the courts into a shadowy, opaque system that nobody can ever truly fully observe.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
More than two dozen Iraqi banks, many with close ties to the militias, were banned in 2023 and 2024 by the Treasury for siphoning off dollars from Iraq’s Fed accounts, using fraudulent wire transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
U.S. officials had long been on alert to South Sudanese aid workers siphoning resources.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
This need to be always on guard was an unmeasured expenditure of energy, the slow siphoning of the essence.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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