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Despite uncertainty over the exact figure, experts agree that overdrawing oil from the salt caverns it is stored in would damage the caverns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Legislation passed in 2014 requires water districts to stop overdrawing their aquifers by the 2040s.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Many banks offer online and mobile tools that track your balance to avoid overdrawing accounts.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2022

He said the widespread depletion of groundwater is another symptom of overdrawing the region’s critical water reserves.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022

This was done after a little hesitation: The money was given to him, but a gentleman from behind the desks begged him to remind Lady Carbury that she was overdrawing her account. 

From The Way We Live Now by Trollope, Anthony