Example Sentences

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A company is siphoning water from a national forest to sell as bottled water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2022

They say the hotel is siphoning business from local convention centers and hotels.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2018

“But 58 of them are off-shored onto other agency payrolls. … This bad practice is siphoning money from health care, from environmental protection, juvenile justice and public safety.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2018

We need every penny we can get, and the financial services industry is siphoning them off.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2015

Under intense pressure from the Obama administration, BP unveiled a new plan on Monday to vastly boost the amount of oil it is siphoning off from its ruptured well.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2010