leached

Definition of leachednext
past tense of leach
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Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Some of the chemicals that didn’t stick were flushed with the multibillion-dollar industry’s wastewater into local sewer pipes and, eventually, the region’s rivers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Authorities stated that Jackson had allegedly placed his mother's body parts in a suitcase and flushed the rest down the toilet after dismembering her.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • This is also thanks to the fact that crawfish are often purged before cooking.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Those were refined to feature a chemical called mitragynine.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
  • During a series of public meetings as the county shaped and refined its plan, Black residents said the new blueprint still turned its back on them and asked that the fence be removed and the property be opened up to the neighborhood.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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