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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
Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Use a dry microfiber cloth to catch any drips along the edges and corners of the window frame.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 30 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
To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Use a dry microfiber cloth to catch any drips along the edges and corners of the window frame.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 30 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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As the North bore down on Saigon, Thieu begged for American financial support, but Congress was in no mood to pour more millions into the black hole of Southeast Asia.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The one block square bore witness to Sacramento’s history.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Historically, the Daytona had rice bead-type bracelets, so why not?—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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Artists and performers from across Africa wore elaborate outfits, with beads and feathers, while others had their bodies covered in colorful paint, swaying along Indigenous Yoruba rhythms.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s nothing fancy about a big, square screen that sits upstage of the circular playing area, but the subtlety in which the images and mood flows through the screen greatly enhance the storytelling.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Plantings in surrounding walkways will flow into the existing Asiatic, native plant, and white gardens.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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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
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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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Here — with stainless-steel kegs nearby and bartenders pouring pilsners and pale ales under market lights and beach balls — wrestlers launch off the top rope in raucous displays of acrobatics.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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And cheap Guinness pours only lubricate the mystique.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 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 13 Apr. 2026.
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