as in flows
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 drips
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
From cooking splatters and coffee drips to grass stains and ink marks, stains are an inevitable part of everyday life.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
25 June 2026
The primary reason for this is preventing scraps and drips from littering the bottom of your oven.
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Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
For shoppers comparing options, the cheaper menu items at the same studios include standard IV drips and Restore’s $79 NAD+ bundle.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Next Health’s most popular IV membership, at $299 a month, bundles two IV drips, two vitamin shots and monthly access to cryotherapy, infrared LED, hyperbaric oxygen and body composition scans, which is a useful benchmark for how the membership math actually works at a mid-tier clinic.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Cheaper options at the same studios include standard IV drips at $99 to $199 and cryotherapy at $50.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Brecka, who is not a doctor, put White on a regimen of supplements, cold plunges, IV drips, and red-light therapy that has left him feeling leaner, more energized, and no longer suffering from sleep apnea.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
The beauty of Wembanyama’s performance lies not in the skill displayed, which still drips with novelty because of his height.
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Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
The real stars here are John Kander and Fred Ebb, who penned a score that drips with melodic aspiration and lyrical cynicism, and Bob Fosse, whose erotically muscular choreography is the perfect match.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
There’s Cassie licking a melting ice cream cone as the ice cream drips down her bare chest.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Apr. 2026
On the illustrious campus of Kingston College, prestige drips off students, faculty and architecture.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
In line for the merch booth, sweat drips down our backs.
—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Love drips off every auto-focus shot.
—
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
The entire lobby level, from its white stone flooring and pillars, to the planter boxes that (barely) separate the lounge from the entrance, drips in understated opulence.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
From cooking splatters and coffee drips to grass stains and ink marks, stains are an inevitable part of everyday life.
—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
25 June 2026
The primary reason for this is preventing scraps and drips from littering the bottom of your oven.
—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
For shoppers comparing options, the cheaper menu items at the same studios include standard IV drips and Restore’s $79 NAD+ bundle.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Next Health’s most popular IV membership, at $299 a month, bundles two IV drips, two vitamin shots and monthly access to cryotherapy, infrared LED, hyperbaric oxygen and body composition scans, which is a useful benchmark for how the membership math actually works at a mid-tier clinic.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
Cheaper options at the same studios include standard IV drips at $99 to $199 and cryotherapy at $50.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Verb
Slime literally drips off them, and there can be an inch or more of slime in the bottom of your cooler.
—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Brecka, who is not a doctor, put White on a regimen of supplements, cold plunges, IV drips, and red-light therapy that has left him feeling leaner, more energized, and no longer suffering from sleep apnea.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
The beauty of Wembanyama’s performance lies not in the skill displayed, which still drips with novelty because of his height.
—
Marcus Thompson Ii,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
The real stars here are John Kander and Fred Ebb, who penned a score that drips with melodic aspiration and lyrical cynicism, and Bob Fosse, whose erotically muscular choreography is the perfect match.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
There’s Cassie licking a melting ice cream cone as the ice cream drips down her bare chest.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
20 Apr. 2026
On the illustrious campus of Kingston College, prestige drips off students, faculty and architecture.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
In line for the merch booth, sweat drips down our backs.
—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Love drips off every auto-focus shot.
—
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drips
Noun
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Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.
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Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
Noun
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The colors change to indicate how saturated the beads are, and the dyes used contain hazardous chemicals.
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Combine gemstones, modern French tips, and your favorite team flag surrounded by beads for the win.
Verb
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The Composer ties together all aspects of the factory (machines, conveyors, sensors, and logistics flows) into a unified simulation.
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To balance the market next year, flows through the strait need only recover to 65% of their pre-conflict level.
Noun
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On a recent summer day at Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, students ambled through yawns, braces and acne into their creative writing class.
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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.
Noun
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The stones are arranged in an irregular composition intended to evoke falling droplets of water.
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The most seductive is a spectacular piece called the Untamed, which physically embodies the jeweler’s sensibilities in an 18-karat-white-gold strand of ivy with diamond leaves interspersed with tiny rock-crystal dew droplets.
Verb
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In the low-elevation deserts of Eastern California, the sun sits high in the sky during late June and pours energy into the ground for much of the day.
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As the Judgment of Paris turns 50, winemaker Kristy Melton opens Freemark Abbey’s archives, pours historic bottles and reflects on what nearly 140 years of unbroken Napa history still has to say.
Noun
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Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
Verb
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The meeting where energy drops when a certain person walks in.
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Part thriller, part horror experience and part interactive film, Unhinged drops players into the middle of a Category 5 hurricane bearing down on South Carolina.
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