siphon
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Higher energy prices tend to disproportionately hurt low-income people and siphon some of their spending from other areas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The longer this money resides in your sister’s bank account, the more opportunity she will have to siphon it away or spend it.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
As just one example, a Treasury advisory committee has estimated that payment stablecoins, which may be issued by all sorts of nonbanks, could siphon off $6.6 trillion of bank deposits.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, to siphon funds from Becerra’s dormant state campaign account between February 2022 and September 2024.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Hatsue bent forward and slipped a forefinger inside the siphon.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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