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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of leech.

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Examples

  • If I were to play the numbers game, I would bet that chemicals leeched from the packaging used on genetically modified products will kill us first.

    A Genetic Quest for Better Chocolate - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • At first all expression leeched from his pale blue face.

    The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004

  • At first all expression leeched from his pale blue face.

    The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004

  • At first all expression leeched from his pale blue face.

    The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004

  • I haven't leeched a song off the Internet for quite some time now, and even then I was on the hunt for the more obscure artists you just don't find on television or radio.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Such fundamental assumptions at the core of our civilization should not have to be re-stated or justified anew, and the fact that they have to be is evidence of how deeply corrupted our political life has become, but if such basic norms are not reinforced it seems clear that they will be leeched away over time.

    Getting Along 2009

  • The same thing is true in a microwave, where the energy is going straight into the food immediately, and so it kills those enzymes very quickly, as well, but without the problem you have in boiling of nutrients being leeched out into the water.

    Harold McGee's 'Keys To Good Cooking' For Chefs 2010

  • Here, in the rocky steppes of the western part of the continent, there was no water, and the coldness leeched into every living thing, through hair, fur, and skin, whether worn or grown.

    More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010

  • He recognized the gesture for what it was, and the tenderness leeched out of his voice.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • I haven't leeched a song off the Internet for quite some time now, and even then I was on the hunt for the more obscure artists you just don't find on television or radio.

    The Pirate Party Is Official ... Sort Of 2009

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