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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
Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
Guests can customize their experience, adding IV drips and vitamin shots depending on their needs.
—James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Today’s biggest artists are watched and scrutinized by fans for their every post, like, and follow, each reply and comment dripping with a previously unseen level of entitlement.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The answers are personal and individual, and never right or wrong; and require the sort of deep thinking the current regime has been attempting to conquer drip by drip for a very long time.
—Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
Guests can customize their experience, adding IV drips and vitamin shots depending on their needs.
—James Manso, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
Plant food fails to provide enough nourishment for the rather strange flora, but things change when Seymour cuts his finger and drips blood on Audrey Jr.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Today’s biggest artists are watched and scrutinized by fans for their every post, like, and follow, each reply and comment dripping with a previously unseen level of entitlement.
—Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
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Since 2016, officials studied and selected single bore, receiving federal environmental clearance.Dan Phan, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The solution can then be shot out – extruded – through narrow bore needles to form a stream that, thanks to the right additives, solidifies when it’s exposed to air.New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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Inside the puzzle are groups of different colored beads, which can be moved around the roads using the magnetic wand.Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Nov. 2024
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Returning to his roots started with a simple linen shoulder bag adorned with beads.Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Each scene flows more briskly into the next, amplifying the joy and excitement of the ride all the way to its end.Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
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The Indian government issued new rules in 2020 that modified how foreign direct investments could flow into India, with the not-so-secret aim of limiting Chinese investment.Harsh V. Pant, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2024
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When the full range of approaches to the symphony is considered, an ever more drastic divide yawns.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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That meant a lot of teeth for a character who sings, screams, and yawns over the course of the classic film.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, which can spread from person to person through the air via droplets of saliva, according to the DHS.Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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The virus is extremely contagious and can spread through direct contact like kissing the face of a child with RSV, by touching the surface of an object like a doorknob that has the virus on it or by getting virus droplets in the eyes, nose or mouth from someone around you coughing or sneezing.Omer Awan, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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But even those strictures were watered down after the industry poured money into political contributions and lobbyists, who warned that cuts would harm elderly patients.Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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This year members of the audience were given the opportunity to take part in an auction to be chosen to be the ones pouring the champagne into the glasses.Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Arizona Republic As ballot results continued to trickle in after Election Day, concerns over vote count delays and ballot signature issues led voter rights groups to file an emergency petition to the Arizona Supreme Court.Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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On election night, Robinson watched the results trickle in with his friends, several of whom align with his conservative views, but not all.Audrey Richardson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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