Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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“All those pennies sitting in bank accounts all over the place was siphoning money away from artists that were really doing this, as an aspiring professional,” says Hellman of the decision.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
As one of the profitable companies in his portfolio, Lansdowne says the mogul was "siphoning the money off to other areas of his business, impacting Panini massively" as he tried to cover debts.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
“Over the course of my interaction with MBN, he wasn’t someone I thought was engaged in corrupt activity or was siphoning off money,” Brennan said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2020
As such, I have can only imagine what other crazy data my traitorous TV was siphoning back to Vizio’s Spymaster General.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2017
At the same time, a smaller rival, the anti-EU UK Independence Party, was siphoning away some voters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2016
