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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
Karl Vick, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
Includes sophisticated voice scheduling and smart drip campaign capabilities.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2025
The firefighters usually carried only chainsaws, drip torches and hand tools.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
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Noun
This is the country that, with drip irrigation, produced the miracle of growing food in the desert.
—Karl Vick, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
Includes sophisticated voice scheduling and smart drip campaign capabilities.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Verb
The motivation behind the trend is understandable—no one wants sticky detergent dripping all over their hands or laundry room.
—Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2025
The firefighters usually carried only chainsaws, drip torches and hand tools.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drip
Noun
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But come summer, when tomatoes are at their sweetest and heaviest, ready to burst just from the bore of your gaze at the farmers market, there is no need to complicate things.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 July 2025
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Her T-shirt bore Ozzy Osbourne’s name, a tribute to the Black Sabbath singer, whose death was announced earlier Tuesday.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 July 2025
Noun
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He’s known to mix in tennis necklaces, chunky chains, and beads, plus two matching Alhambra bracelets on off days.—
India Brown,
Robb Report,
11 Aug. 2025
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For a simpler look, thread small beads onto a chain for an easy and quick necklace.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The more people who visit the park, the more money flows into its leisure sector.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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In short, STEGs are devices where one side is cold and the other hot, and electricity flows through semiconductors placed between them.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For instance, a yawn in a canine often signals stress, not tiredness, and lip-licking can indicate anxiety.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Actors know all too well that every word can elicit a standing ovation… or a yawn.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Inhaling contaminated water droplets is the typical way of getting infected with Legionella and not through person-to-person transmission.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Face shields that can block large droplets and large aerosols without the discomfort of masks might be one way to reduce cow-to-human infections among workers.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Louisville Metro Government has poured millions into combating the growing housing and homelessness crisis in the city, with $58 million projected to be spent on the downtown Community Care Campus, which will house a family emergency shelter, medical care spaces and behavioral health services.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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The loup de mer is crisp-skinned over eggplant caviar, roasted sweet peppers, tomato confit, and basil, finished with a saffron bouillon poured to order.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Each glob of goo will connect to any glob it is placed next to, which allows for all kinds of creations – especially as variables are introduced that toy with the game’s physics.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Former Yankee Kyle Higashioka tried to catch Domínguez at third, but the catcher made an errant throw that trickled into left.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The email, a copy and paste job, trickled into inboxes at odd hours.—
Elizabeth Kaye Cook
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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