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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
Pien Huang, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Working with 1 cutlet at a time, dredge in flour mixture, shaking off excess, then dip in egg, letting excess drip back into bowl.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
This is the best that West has ever looked, including every shirtless scene and every time he’s gotten out of the pool dripping wet.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Health alerts to medical providers have slowed to a drip.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
Working with 1 cutlet at a time, dredge in flour mixture, shaking off excess, then dip in egg, letting excess drip back into bowl.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
The king hosted a banquet for him in a hall dripping with flowers and gold leaf.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
This is the best that West has ever looked, including every shirtless scene and every time he’s gotten out of the pool dripping wet.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drip
Noun
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Her light blue eyes bore, laser-like, into Vivian's.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The lock can be installed on doors with a thickness of 1 ⅜ to 3 ⅛ inches, a 2 ⅜ or 2 ¾ backset, and a 2 ⅛ inch bore hole.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the fresh concrete, the white beads were visible, but no leaching of the nutrient was seen until cracking.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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In this moment, dozens of them soar, like brilliant beads in a high-speed kaleidoscope amid the feeders placed before me and the other guests of the Mashpi Lodge, 70 miles northwest of Quito, the nation’s capital.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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One of the gates of these islands connects to the superconducting cavity built using Josephson junctions that allow quantum currents to flow and complete a microwave circuit.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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But what was unusual was the kind of information that began to flow in from her audience.—
Rufina Chow,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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More than 27,000 racers rose before dawn this morning to yawn, stretch and don their gear to take on the iconic streets of Los Angeles today during the 2026 ASICS Los Angeles Marathon.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Responding officers found a thin trail of blood droplets leading from the front door to the edge of the driveway.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The disease spreads through coughing or sneezing with respiratory droplets containing bacteria.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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North of the stadium, fans pouring from Tri-Rail and Metrorail trains mass marched across Northwest 20th Street, in front of the Sheraton and through the Nu Stadium parking lot, just like fans in cities with proper mass transit.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of congratulations and well wishes poured in.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Though Guelleh has presided over economic growth during his time as president, economic benefits have not fully trickled down, and much of the population remains mired in poverty; this economic inequality is due in part to corruption and patronage.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 Apr. 2026
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But that drop hasn’t trickled down to what consumers are paying.—
Isaac Tellechea,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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