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The phrase "are being drained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a process where something is currently losing its contents or resources, often in a passive context.
Example: "The resources from the reservoir are being drained to supply the nearby city with water."
Alternatives: "are being depleted" or "are being emptied".
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Tropical peat swamp forests are being drained and deforested at an alarming rate.
Perverse meanings are being drained a bit and just the fanciful, experimental, wildly imaginative aspects predominate".
Floodplains are being drained for irrigated agriculture, leading to modifications to their form and function.
People are being drained by taxes and the high cost of mortgages.
Other countries, like Yemen, India, Mexico and the United States, have aquifers that are being drained to dangerously low levels.
What is clear is that GM's options are steadily diminishing and its still sizeable financial resources are being drained away at a frightening rate.
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Steelwork for the 12,000-seater venue has been erected, the roof is almost on and the pitch is being drained in preparation for new turf being laid.
Already your mind is being drained of toxins.
The reservoirs were being drained, and the "Surplus Guidelines" turned into a drought plan.
Empowerment is being drained from Egyptian life and the country is going backwards.
This part of our education system is being drained of resources.
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