Example Sentences

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There are people speculating club programs in the future will siphon off top athletes with the lure of exposure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2024

Some worry ARPA-H, as it is known, will siphon funding from the cancer institute, while others say it will be nimbler than NCI in tackling high-risk research.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022

Some worry that the online grocers will siphon business away from local bodegas and supermarkets, and send more delivery workers onto crowded city streets already filled with food app workers racing to deliver hot meals.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

With this information in mind, Digit will siphon away a few dollars here and there into savings.

From The Verge • Feb. 19, 2015

He’s worried that the popularity of entrepreneurship will siphon talent away from the larger start-ups, businesses that could be the next Facebooks.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2011