siphons

variants also syphons
present tense third-person singular of siphon
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as in funnels
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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Verb
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  • Victor Sanchez pumps gas into his truck at an Arco gas station on August 28, 2025, in Mill Valley, California.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chrome is absolutely central to Google's business model, serving as the gateway that funnels billions of users toward Google's search engine and, ultimately, its advertising goldmine.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The city also houses a small airport that funnels residents of about 50 Alaska Native villages to Anchorage for shopping and medical treatment.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Though Good Boy gets by for a while on the strength of its performances and the sheer oddness of its plot, the flimsiness of its characters drains the film of energy long before its 110 minutes are up.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Holding onto declining practices drains resources from future growth.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film, which Rodnyansky co-directs with Andriy Alferov, shows the impact of key events in Ukraine’s history such as the 1941 mass execution of Jews in Babyn Yar, where Rodnyansky’s own uncle was killed.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of blasting in all directions, like a primitive roadside bomb, an EFP directs and concentrates the force of its explosion.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With three ships already sailing in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, Virgin Voyages now aims to expand its reach with the help of Brilliant Lady, which channels many of the same fan-favorite features of the existing ships while putting in fresh new amenities for returning guests.
    Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Above, British actress Suki Waterhouse channels her inner Faithfull with a fan en route into the premiere.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Listening to a Swift song is like eating a candy bar that transmits a personal essay into your memory.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The photograph transmits the breadth and mechanism of the Festival’s assembled in the way of a fine Titian oil — speaking of art works central to Venice — in which every human in the image is captured doing something vastly different from his or her neighbor.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Siphons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siphons. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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