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bleeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of bleed

as in grieves

to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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as in drains

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bleeds In 2026, Indianapolis’ organizational urgency likely bleeds into desperation. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 Amazon doesn’t have to worry about affiliates screaming if the show bleeds into their late local newscasts, nor FCC overlord Brendan Carr having a meltdown over an unbleeped John Mulaney bit. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 This is where the internal discontent bleeds into external conversation, and, thus, dings reputation at a material cost to the business. — Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 Loyalties typically drive a supporter’s wish to see their favourites win the biggest accolades but that, in turn, bleeds into why individual honours now mean so much to players and their clubs. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Political identity functions similarly, and increasingly bleeds into professional contexts. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026 Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Evidence of silence quietly (sorry) breaking apart one’s bearings bleeds through both the main plot thread and satellite storylines, which include recurring visits to a client of Ninh’s and that man’s own conflicts with his distant wife. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026 The cancer, polycythemia vera, is marked by runaway production of red blood cells and puts patients at risk of life-threatening blood clots, bleeds, and other cancers. — Jason Mast, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026

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Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
When reached by phone Tuesday morning, a woman who identified herself as Destiny’s mother declined to comment and requested privacy as the family grieves.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

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When the lid is locked, condensation builds up and drips back into the dish, which can thin sauces and dilute seasoning.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
However, water that drips from your toothbrush can turn the inside of your toothbrush holder into the perfect environment for mold.

— Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of drips

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Once your washer drains, that water becomes wastewater alongside everything flowing from sinks, showers, toilets and dishwashers.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
Not Improving Drainage Mums won’t thrive in soil that drains poorly and stays too soggy.

— Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of drains

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People’s financial margin for error is generally pretty small, and just the rising cost of most everything just squeezes them more and more.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Avoiding outlier squeezes requires implementing strict criteria before entering trades.

— David Capablanca, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of squeezes

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Community mourns double tragedy Later that night, Mayor Bass visited the crash site.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
History and imagination mix as Hanks, playing Abraham Lincoln, mourns for his dead son, while the spirits of the dead, voiced by an A-list cast, meditate on grief and empathy.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mourns

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Trump sometimes plucks memes from a sprawling ecosystem of online conservative supporters, and sometimes his government staff produces them as part of their official messaging.

— Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026