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as in to flush
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Recent Examples of leach
Acidic ingredients can corrode the foil, causing aluminum to leach into the food, which may result in a metallic taste.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Rain can also leach nutrients out of containers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a sign that sugars have started to leach out and the watermelon will be sweet.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
The water flow will leach soluble chemicals out of the potting mix and send them down the drain.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Rain can also leach nutrients out of containers.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a sign that sugars have started to leach out and the watermelon will be sweet.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
The water flow will leach soluble chemicals out of the potting mix and send them down the drain.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leach
Verb
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The discourse around Swift and family has been percolating for a while in right-wing circles.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
7 Oct. 2025
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These are all percolating under the surface on the campuses.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Attention is the currency of the sport now, and the Bears flushed a duffel bag full of it down the toilet against Miami.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Then, one weekend, our young Labrador flushed a rooster a dozen feet in front of me.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This is luxury filtered through skate sensibility, where imperfection becomes intentional and wear tells a story.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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On the closing title track, light begins to filter in even as Diaz keeps her emotions close.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Reuters — Two top Chinese military leaders have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on corruption charges, the country’s defense ministry said on Friday, the most senior officers to be purged in an anti-graft drive that began in 2023.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Sparks is accused of not only failing to purge two prior contempt findings, but has since engaged in behavior resulting in an additional finding of contempt.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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Exercises focused on how to find and purify water, fish and hunt for animals, forage for edible plants, find dry wood to build a fire and construct palm leaf-sapling lean-to shelters.—
Kit Bernardi,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The lightweight gel also features hectorite clay—a purifying agent to absorb excess sebum—niacinamide, and of course, ceramides to quell shine and keep blemishes at bay.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Over the next decade, Hawke and Linklater met periodically to read the script, refining it with screenwriter Robert Kaplow between sessions.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Duren’s been refining with big man coach Vitaly Potapenko but has shown sparingly thus far in his career.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Practice standing and walking meditation, the Microcosmic Orbit, Taiji Ruler, the Eight Treasures, cleansing the internal organs, embodying the elements and more.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Eventually, micellar water was used in France by makeup artists backstage at fashion shows to quickly cleanse model’s faces.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It will be made for convenience, with portability and easily cleaned parts.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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To give your portafilter a scrub, invest in the Takevu coffee grinder cleaning brush.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Leach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leach. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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