siphoned

variants also syphoned
past tense of siphon
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as in funneled
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway investigators discovered that the so-called charitable organization was siphoning funds for personal use

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Recent Examples of siphoned Cement is a basic building supply, but Israel says in the past Hamas has siphoned it in Gaza to build hundreds of miles of concrete tunnels for its fighters. Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025 Only once has a rival broadcast siphoned off a significant number of Super Bowl viewers, and that was a one-shot deal. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 The cops theorize that Daniel siphoned off the money into his own account and faked his death, with plans to escape with the cash. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025 Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country. Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Residents on the east side of Troost Avenue would find themselves in the drastically altered 5th District, and residents to the west of the historic dividing line would be siphoned off into the new 4th District, which would stretch to southern Missouri. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 Prosecutors also allege Von Ferdinand siphoned thousands of dollars from Jett’s accounts until about mid-2024. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025 That sequel’s grosses were siphoned from a theatrical day-and-date release on HBO Max, when Warners was employing project popcorn during a time when cinemas were recovering and reopening from Covid. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025 Inner counties, including the North State, Inland Empire and Central Valley would be siphoned off into another state, which Gallagher claimed would be the nation’s seventh-largest. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siphoned
Verb
  • Many estimate the family has pumped more than $1 billion into Louisville in the past 150 years.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That change is possible because California recently loosened its purification rules to allow purified wastewater to be pumped directly into a water system, instead of being stored for months in reservoirs or underground basins.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The chasm is widening between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that funneled federal dollars to public media until Congress killed that funding earlier this year.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives has funneled some $500 million into other countries to subsidize Russian propaganda.
    Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In-ground sprinkler systems should be drained.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Jonny Barber’s colorful Colfax Museum archive finally has a permanent home after years of challenges that have drained its founder’s resources, including floods and a fire that nearly destroyed its former building.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame memorably gave the dancing clown its first breath in a 1990 miniseries co-written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond her work on KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE has also written, vocal-directed, and contributed background vocals for various major K-pop artists.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The indictment alleges that between 2018 and 2025, Bolton removed, stored, and transmitted classified materials—some marked Top Secret—using personal email and messaging accounts.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In Nome, there are two balloons being launched per day, but communications issues flared up in the few days prior to the storm, preventing weather data from being accurately and completely transmitted back to the NWS, Thoman said.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dončić channeled his competitive rage against the team that knocked him out of the playoffs a season ago.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The second look channeled her inner angel, featuring a silky camisole, a short set and massive quilted wings.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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