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as in to seep
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as in to spill
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Recent Examples of leak
Outside the Latvian Cultural Center, Fisk yells at Sheila - who hasn't revealed Daniel's part in the leak - about the news, demanding an all-hands meeting to find out who leaked the story.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The split In January, word leaked that certain Keller school board members had hatched a plan to split the district in half using U.S. 377 as the dividing line.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Americans' personal data could be sold, lost, or leaked.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025
Protesters argued that this design threatened tribal water supplies if the pipeline should spill or leak.
—Jennifer Safstrom, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
The split In January, word leaked that certain Keller school board members had hatched a plan to split the district in half using U.S. 377 as the dividing line.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
Americans' personal data could be sold, lost, or leaked.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 11 Mar. 2025
Protesters argued that this design threatened tribal water supplies if the pipeline should spill or leak.
—Jennifer Safstrom, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leak
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Confidently rolling toward the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigades in a long column of vehicles flying the red flag of the defunct Soviet Union, the Russian marines blundered into a preplanned kill zone.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Particularly the government's blundering attempts to deal with these new visitors.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Even in the dead of night, a good amount of light seeps in from the street.—
Christine Yu,
Outside Online,
17 Mar. 2025
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Something seeped in when her sense of accomplishment diminished.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Sitting inside Made in New York Pizza in Manhattan earlier this year, sporting a Haas top, Bearman spilled the details about his thrilling offseason project: putting together furniture for his Monaco apartment.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The cups: The cups should fully contain your breasts without any gaping or spilling over.—
Bianca London,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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The euphoria courses through my body as the blood drips down my legs.—
Andy Collinson,
Health,
19 Mar. 2025
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Each of these works has a crenulated indentation and a line descending it (or drip as the case may be).—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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While interest in the series continues to grow, Adolescence has also exposed just how far manosphere dread goes online, sparking conversations online about who falls for it, and who gets hurt in the process.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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If tinea versicolor returns every time you're exposed to triggering conditions, there are ways to try to prevent it.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
23 Mar. 2025
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Having great synergy between leader and team will trickle into company margins over time, leading to wins for all.—
Jordan Rackie,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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News of weather balloon reductions has trickled in over the last month.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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No details regarding the illness have been revealed.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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Despite her recent accolades — including Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards — the actor revealed persistent struggles with self-confidence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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Scorpio: Meredith Palmer and Creed Bratton The creeper of The Office simply oozing with mystery, Creed Bratton, has many secrets and this is a quality of Scorpio, but is also weirdly honest about some of his strange behaviors, bordering on being inappropriate.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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Blood can still ooze from a wound, even when it’s not being pumped through the body.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leak. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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