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his war stories were embellished with overdrawn descriptions of battle and efforts to save the wounded
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Marcum described how California’s great agricultural underbelly withered under cloudless skies, with vast stretches of farmland slowly sagging on top of overdrawn aquifers.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
An extended transcript of Scalia’s testimony to then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) during his confirmation hearings, largely recounted to make the current president look ill-informed, seemed especially overdrawn.
—Benjamin C. Waterhouse, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
With the climate crisis in mind, architects are looking to more resilient options that don’t depend on the overdrawn electrical grid at all.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
But some banks across the U.S. have been seizing checks distributed to clients whose accounts are overdrawn.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
When federal stimulus checks began arriving in bank accounts in recent days, USAA seized funds from customers whose accounts were overdrawn — sparking blow-back for the San Antonio financial services company.
—Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
Some banks withheld stimulus cash from people with overdrawn accounts.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 11 May 2020
Banks had faced criticism amid speculation that those with overdrawn accounts would lose part or all of their payments.
—Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
Not every bank is keeping its overdrawn customers’ money.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
An extended transcript of Scalia’s testimony to then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) during his confirmation hearings, largely recounted to make the current president look ill-informed, seemed especially overdrawn.
—Benjamin C. Waterhouse, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2023
With the climate crisis in mind, architects are looking to more resilient options that don’t depend on the overdrawn electrical grid at all.
—Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2023
But some banks across the U.S. have been seizing checks distributed to clients whose accounts are overdrawn.
—Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
When federal stimulus checks began arriving in bank accounts in recent days, USAA seized funds from customers whose accounts were overdrawn — sparking blow-back for the San Antonio financial services company.
—Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 16 Apr. 2020
Some banks withheld stimulus cash from people with overdrawn accounts.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 11 May 2020
Banks had faced criticism amid speculation that those with overdrawn accounts would lose part or all of their payments.
—Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
Not every bank is keeping its overdrawn customers’ money.
—Emily Flitter, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
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“Overdrawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overdrawn. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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