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as in to flow
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine
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Recent Examples of drip
Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2025
Summary Cat allergies are prevalent and cause symptoms like red and watery eyes, stuffy nose, post-nasal drip, and sneezing as your body’s immune system overreacts to one or more allergens found in your cat’s dander, saliva, or urine.
—Daniel More, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
The workouts are around 40 minutes in total and always leave me feeling challenged, stronger, and yes, dripping with sweat.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There are two settings for the convection fan (regular and turbo for air-frying), and a removable air-frying basket and drip tray are included in the box.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2025
Summary Cat allergies are prevalent and cause symptoms like red and watery eyes, stuffy nose, post-nasal drip, and sneezing as your body’s immune system overreacts to one or more allergens found in your cat’s dander, saliva, or urine.
—Daniel More, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
Water dripping into the basement circuit room for the E911 department caused the county to lose communication with the Indiana Public Safety Commission tower.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
The workouts are around 40 minutes in total and always leave me feeling challenged, stronger, and yes, dripping with sweat.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drip
Noun
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Again, the temperature rose far earlier than expected, and the KTB team was also surprised to find that the rock at this depth was not solid, and large amounts of fluid and gas were pouring into the bore hole to complicate the effort further.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
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Eli Sharabi’s home bore marks from the attack months later.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The graves, some dating back 1,200 years, contained personal items like beads and combs, suggesting contact with Nordic countries.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Check in between 6-8pm Saturday at Howl at the Moon, 504 Park St. $18 general admission, includes beads and color-changing glass.—
Alissa Widman Neese,
Axios,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But unseen, in underground pipelines that cut through vast fields of barley, flows about $5 billion annually worth of Canadian crude oil and natural gas, most of it from Alberta.—
Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Huge glaciers flow down all of its sides, reaching up to fifty miles.—
Cassidy Randall,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The world of Antony and Cleopatra is so immense that time yawns in it . .—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
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The only thing keeping this tan suit from being a yawn are the wide legs and pleating.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For inspiration, the pair looked to Venus and its thick cloud layer made of tiny sulfuric acid droplets.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Spread primarily through droplets released by coughing or sneezing, measles can remain in a room and on surfaces for up to two hours after an infected person leaves, according to the CDC.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, an Academy source poured ice cold water on Harris showing, up.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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The cement truck from Bakersfield arrived around 8:30 P.M. By ten-thirty, the men were pouring cement again, gluing the enormous metal straw in place.—
Brent Crane,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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People generally fall into two camps: those who enjoy the taste and ‘mouthfeel’ and those who view eating them as akin to swallowing a large glob of phlegm.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Jan. 2025
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What does mold look like? When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind.—
Bridget Reed Morawski,
Architectural Digest,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The most likely scenario is that elements of these designs trickle down into final products, perhaps in more refined or simplified forms.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
2 Mar. 2025
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One senior British military official and a former U.S. official said while military and defense-focused officials embroiled in security debates feel the urgent need for increasing defense spending, this had not trickled down to the ordinary person in several NATO countries.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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