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drain

[drayn] / dreΙͺn /






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The stones from the drain along with fragments of pottery will be examined further by specialists.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

A chest tube was inserted to drain the fluid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Concerns about his age resurfaced two years ago following an accident in the palace bathroom—he fell while cutting his nails and underwent emergency surgery to drain a brain bleed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Pumping stations have been operating at full capacity for days, but Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said Sunday it could take "up to a week" for the waters to fully drain.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It was building up faster than it could drain out.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

For those staying put, drains in your driveway are a good option, and trimming back trees can keep branches from swinging wildly or falling on your house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

He drains the life out of an opposing crowd as well as anyone in major league history, with a 1.42 ERA in six road playoff outings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

The words fly out, and all the color drains from Avery’s face.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Helen says she felt "emotionally drained" trying to work out what was happening.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

Take Sunday Ticket, the NFL’s out-of-market package, which drained about $1 billion from DirecTV in its final season and is projected to cost YouTube nearly $9 billion over its current, seven-year deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Residents were also outraged that the nearby Santa Ynez Reservoir, which had been drained for lengthy repairs, sat empty and dry as neighborhoods burned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The third night, water from the wet cloth drained down his face.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

A California e-commerce platform is fueling the rise of live shopping in the United States, taking on giants such as TikTok and tackling concerns that the app is draining people’s bank accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The figures run roughly 50% above the number of emigrants in the same time frame a decade ago, draining doctors, engineers and Ph.D.s in what Israeli lawmakers have called a “tsunami.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

To increase supply, he has released millions of barrels from the U.S.’s emergency petroleum stockpile, draining the reserve to its lowest level in 44 years.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

Wildfires in Indonesia are blamed in large part on slash-and-burn land-clearing practices that result in the destruction of fire-resistant forest cover and the draining of peatlands.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Malcolm put the plates on the draining board, ignoring Alice as usual, and gave the order for pudding.

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


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