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as in percolated
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as in flushed
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Nothing came of it then but the idea percolated in the lawyers’ minds.—
Justin Wingerter,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Gardner was convicted that same year and sentenced to death, but his appeals percolated in the courts for 25 years.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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Instead, after being flushed from the pocket on second-and-7 from the Packers’ 39-yard line, Prescott’s heave found a toe-tapping Jalen Tolbert for a 34-yard gain.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Small things, like individual eyelashes or grains of sand, often get flushed out on their own through a combination of tearing up and blinking, per Mount Sinai.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Three additional bedrooms filtered throughout the house each have their own bath and outdoor space, while the lushly landscaped grounds span over a third of an acre and host a heated saltwater pool and a spillover spa surrounded by a wraparound sundeck, along with a pair of fire pits.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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The album expanded the horizon of sonic possibility, blending the influences of artists such as Prince, Lauryn Hill, and Marvin Gaye with Erykah Badu, Pink Floyd, and Stevie Wonder — and it was all filtered through the soul and spirit of D’Angelo.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Your Shower Head Your shower head should be deep cleaned once every other month.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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The former reportedly stabbed Lambert to death, and the three men then cleaned the crime scene and left to bury Lambert's body.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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This suggests that snow leopards have purged bad mutations within their population periodically over time, which eliminated potential disadvantageous impacts from historic inbreeding and allowed populations to remain healthy despite small numbers, according to the paper.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Over the next decade, hundreds more stars and other key players in the entertainment industry were fired, purged and blacklisted in what became known as the blacklist era.—
Kathy M. Newman,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
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This distilled into denim bottoms that reflected the material’s sturdiness, which moved with a flourish.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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And on the local side, there is Bucked Up Churro Whiskey out of Sonoma County, distilled at the Sonoma Brothers’ distillery in Healdsburg.—
Jeff Burkhart,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Less pure sand can be purified by methods such as acid washing or magnetic separation.—
Aki Ishida,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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This innovation purified the Ohio River water so well that the number of deaths from typhoid fever declined by 60% in 1909.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Gibbs, a father to two daughters, describes the way parenting redirected his gaze inward and, in turn, refined the work.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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In both situations, the instruments have been extensively refined to deliver a satisfying auditory experience.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Leached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leached. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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