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as in to flush
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Recent Examples of leach
And, of course, there’s also the concern that microplastics and toxic chemicals can leach into the contents of the containers when they’re exposed to heat.
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
This finding suggests that pollutants are embedded during the manufacturing process and can leach out with minimal contact.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Acidic ingredients can corrode the foil, causing aluminum to leach into the food, which may result in a metallic taste.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Rain can also leach nutrients out of containers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
This finding suggests that pollutants are embedded during the manufacturing process and can leach out with minimal contact.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Acidic ingredients can corrode the foil, causing aluminum to leach into the food, which may result in a metallic taste.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Rain can also leach nutrients out of containers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leach
Verb
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Ponder key spending areas and how inflation is percolating through them, using average price swings for the region’s two metropolitan areas.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Other ideas have been percolating since AMC and Netflix agreed to be cordial.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Prisoners tend to use more due to flushing various items and, often, intentionally plugging toilets and overflowing them, according to industry publication Correctional News.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
30 Oct. 2025
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Garbage disposals can flush away food debris on pots and pans in a flash, but anyone who owns one of these devices knows that unpleasant smells are a regular occurrence.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And not having to filter out bugs and debris from a shallow puddle is also rare.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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My favorite is amber mode, which has a warm glow that filters 99% of blue light.—
Erin Mayer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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In an interview with Cycling Weekly last year, Slovenian Jan Tratnik said that his desperation to lose weight led him to develop bulimia – binge-eating large amounts of food and purging it to avoid weight gain.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Miao is one of the highest-ranking CMC officials to be purged since the 1960s and is particularly significant since he was personally elevated to the CMC by Xi.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Berenter said people have become more familiar with the concept of purifying sewage — and much more trusting of the science behind it — since San Diego first floated the idea two decades ago.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Certain microbes consume the acetic acid and produce methane, which is refined into renewable natural gas (RNG).—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each ratio gets tested and refined until the scent feels right.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the league is not without ways to defend itself or to cleanse its reputation.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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Use micellar cleansing water to cleanse your hair.—
Donnetta Monk,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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They can be scheduled to clean specific rooms at set times.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the Dominican Republic, an adult died after having been sucked in a sewer while trying to clean it, the deputy director of the country's emergency agency, Julian Garcia, told NBC News.—
Matt Nighswander,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Leach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leach. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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