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as in percolated
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as in flushed
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Irma’s rains slowly percolated out of the Everglades into the bay over months.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026 -
But white settlers’ hatred of Indians and desire for their lands percolated on the American frontier, while visions of territorial expansion reigned among national leaders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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My cheeks were flushed, but not just from the 185-degree Fahrenheit heat of the sauna.—
Jen Murphy,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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The sides of his face were flushed high up on his cheekbones, and were his eyes blazing?—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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That all comes filtered through the eyes of two creative women, sculptor Yoriko (Takako Matsu) and her latest model Yuri (Shizuka Ishibashi), an architect from Tokyo, who reconnect at Yoriko’s place in the Japanese hinterlands.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Gombrowicz just had to get through that first night in the city of Buenos Aires, surrounded by an unfamiliar language that filtered in, like the winter cold, through the windows and under the door.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Martha and Tabby cleaned his body, combed his hair, and put a suit of clothes on him, including a shirt made by one of his sisters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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With the evacuation of all passengers and many crew members completed, the MV Hondius is now sailing back to the the Netherlands, where it will be cleaned and disinfected.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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This is also thanks to the fact that crawfish are often purged before cooking.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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When accounting for positions that have been purged more than once, 52% of the PLA’s top leadership positions have been affected, the report found.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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But the impression throughout is of a complex work of fiction distilled down to broad-strokes plot machinations, to the exclusion of meaningful character insight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Start with a Negroni made with local Mattei Cap Corse Rouge and the Domaine’s own gin distilled with aromatic herbs, and the tagliere di salumi, an assortment of Italian charcuterie.—
Rebekah Peppler,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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Once purified, the atmospheric sample enters an enrichment stage that significantly enhances the detectability of trace gases.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Inside these trains, natural gas is purified and cooled to about –260 degrees Fahrenheit (–162 degrees Celsius), below the boiling point of methane.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Mar. 2026
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Just like a new hire improves with coaching, agents improve when their outputs are reviewed, corrected and refined over time.—
Jim Johnson,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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That tension between fast and slow, raw and refined, is what makes the city so compelling.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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