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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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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The full-service spa includes an expansive menu of treatments, from manicure and pedicure treatments; massages; facials; eyelash extensions; Lymphatic drainage; laser treatments; microneedling; IV drips, and Botox.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
Paula J. Johnson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
That scoop of chocolate gelato in a cone—steadily dripping down your arm on your summer vacation—is going nowhere.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Just inland from the Pacific Northwest’s rainforest drip line, with more than 10 feet of rain a year, are the forests dominated by Douglas fir, western red cedar and hemlock, growing in the mild climate with some 70 inches of rain a year, in a thick rumpled green cloak in the Cascade lowlands.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The full-service spa includes an expansive menu of treatments, from manicure and pedicure treatments; massages; facials; eyelash extensions; Lymphatic drainage; laser treatments; microneedling; IV drips, and Botox.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
And, of course, the thing rattled, made all this noise, chocolate dripping out of the door.
—Paula J. Johnson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
That scoop of chocolate gelato in a cone—steadily dripping down your arm on your summer vacation—is going nowhere.
—Alex Christian, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drip
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Viewers may never know whether Tom Brady is a transcendent football analyst or an unlistenable bore because he’s chosen to handcuff himself by becoming a part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kirk’s character Scarlett/Duchess provides lackluster voice-over narration in a derivative bore that jets back and forth to the Canary Islands and London.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Outside the arena, beads, string and clippers sat on a table.Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
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The most precious underwater find is a blue bead, once used as currency to pay for enslaved people from Africa, tobacco, cotton and rum.Alev Aktar, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
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Even if Vice President Kamala Harris had won, much of that money would have continued to flow.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The stream flows through a box culvert underground, which is now failing, according to the village.Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
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But the gender gap yawns especially wide in Asia, where only four Global 500 companies—Chinese online retailer JD.com, Indonesian oil and gas giant Pertamina, Korea Gas, and Chinese electronics components manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry—have women CEOs.Beth Greenfield, Fortune Asia, 7 Oct. 2024
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While plenty of early ’20s records hold a mirror to—yawn—our attention spans shot by social media slop, Rosalía makes techno-dystopia her candy store.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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Though guttation is a common occurrence on these fruiting bodies, the bright red droplets eventually dry up and turn more brown colored.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
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That could be a droplet of water clinging to a rose petal; the afternoon light dancing along your bedroom’s walls; the Japanese maple slowly shedding its leaves in your yard, sprinkling the earth with fiery red confetti—each scene a striking little miracle.Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024
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While results will start pouring in when the polls close, the outcome of any race may not be clear for awhile.Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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Billionaire Elon Musk has wielded his fortune to curry favor with Trump this election, pouring $118.6 million into his America PAC.Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 5 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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Wait a few hours—until the milk starts to curdle and produce solid globs that fall to the bottom—and strain out your liquids with a cheesecloth.Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 July 2024
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These expectations have trickled over into the sales cycle.Nikolaus Kimla, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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This increased mortgages for homeowners, which often trickled down into rent prices.BYRyan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.
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