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as in grieves
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work
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as in drips
to flow forth slowly through small openings
pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark
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as in drains
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely
bleed water from the radiators
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as in squeezes
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings
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Recent Examples of bleeds
The nose bleeds and all those things were a complete mystery to me.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
As problems arise around AL’s work — and more dramatically, everyone’s behavior around AL — the show bleeds staff.
—Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2026
The eatery is consistently buzzing with energy, making for a fabulously fun atmosphere that bleeds into the rest of the hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
If the conflict bleeds into April, Thailand’s finite reserves and limited budget for subsidies mean prices will shoot higher, warned Areeporn Asawinpongphan, a research fellow with the Thailand Development Research Institute.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This ethos bleeds into every aspect of game and player management.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
And that purpose bleeds into intensity.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Ripple effects beyond the pump The primary buyers of Qatari gas are in Europe and Asia, but al-Kaabi warned that the effect would likely be felt around the world as energy inflation bleeds into other industrial processes.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Mojdeh Khaghan, a Jewish-Iranian American who fled Iran with her family in 1979, said her heart bleeds for the Iranian people.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
As problems arise around AL’s work — and more dramatically, everyone’s behavior around AL — the show bleeds staff.
—Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2026
The eatery is consistently buzzing with energy, making for a fabulously fun atmosphere that bleeds into the rest of the hotel.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
If the conflict bleeds into April, Thailand’s finite reserves and limited budget for subsidies mean prices will shoot higher, warned Areeporn Asawinpongphan, a research fellow with the Thailand Development Research Institute.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
This ethos bleeds into every aspect of game and player management.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
And that purpose bleeds into intensity.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Ripple effects beyond the pump The primary buyers of Qatari gas are in Europe and Asia, but al-Kaabi warned that the effect would likely be felt around the world as energy inflation bleeds into other industrial processes.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Mojdeh Khaghan, a Jewish-Iranian American who fled Iran with her family in 1979, said her heart bleeds for the Iranian people.
—Anna McAllister, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bleeds
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Now 32, Karanja grieves the milestones and achievements her dad hasn't been able to share — her graduation from college, for example, and her budding career as a researcher.—
Marc Silver,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Renata grieves for her deceased sister, Josie, and fears being arrested for meting out her own form of justice for the death.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Love drips off every auto-focus shot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The result is a warm, bold, addictive fragrance that drips with sensuality and femininity, down to the curves of its signature gold and glass figure-eight amphora.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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What Sacks doesn’t get is that by financing and diplomatically supporting Israel, our country makes the crimes of the Israeli government possible, which stains America’s reputation in the world and drains our Treasury.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Years of use as a makeshift neighborhood have degraded the forest and contributed to pollution in Coyote Creek, which drains into San Francisco Bay, city leaders say.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The pencil-thin DQ Tower squeezes a full home into a very slender footprint, while the EONE XL takes a wider prefab approach to the same basic challenge.—
Stefan Ionescu
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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There’s no end to the war in sight after one month as Iran squeezes the global economy.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department mourns the loss of Deputy Levi Vargas, who passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at the age of 30.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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James Van Der Beek's widow is speaking out as Hollywood mourns another loss.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Roughly 20% of crude and natural gas normally flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains all but closed to oil tankers and other shipping traffic because of the war.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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An estimated 9,000 gallons reached the San Diego River, which flows past Dog Beach.—
Point Loma-Ob Monthly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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The two-stroke engine pumps about 90-110 decibels, 30 decibels above safe levels.—
Chris Hildreth,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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During warmups, Celebrini pumps his fist in victory after playing rock-paper-scissors with kids along the glass.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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But if Rick later plucks something from behind that rock at the fire, are others going to start poking around looking for stuff?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
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