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bleed white
blow
budget
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consume
cost
cost out
decrease
deplete
depreciate
digest
disburse
dissipate
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drain of resources
dribble away
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eat up
erode
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expend
extravagancy
finish
finish off
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fork out
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gamble away
go through
gobble
gobble up
hang the expense
impoverish
incur costs
ingest
invest
lavish
lavishness
lay out
open the purse
outlay
overdoing
pay
pay out
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squandering
squanders
abetter
bipartisanship
destroy
fifty-fifty
fifty-percent
first-hand
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million-to-one
nurturer
once-in-a-lifetime
paterero
sheerest
slimmest
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conder
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fonder
ponder
responder
transponder
wander
yonder