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as in percolating
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as in cleaning
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Democrat-Gazette online A guest piece in the opinion section Sunday railed disingenuously against a percolating public initiative for a state constitutional amendment.—
John Brummett,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Next, in early 2022, inflation was percolating.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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For 26 years, Wilson worked in his own carpet-cleaning business, available to customers 24/7.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Chorney was cleaning construction sites and offices across the Lower Mainland, managing client relationships, handling every email, phone call, and quote himself.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The pro game has a way of filtering out two-way players with haste.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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These organs are divided into hundreds of tiny filtering units that help expel a ton of salt.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
18 Mar. 2026
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Step two is flushing the gutters with water.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Like any other self-flushing litter box, this one needs to be connected to both a water source and a drain.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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Still, those additional personnel may not operate security screening checkpoints and are only assisting with crowd control.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Aguirre asked several pointed questions about the process, including the financial cost of staff time to handle work such as screening people and facilitating ICE transfers.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Call this Green Bay South, and buckle up for the uncomfortable ride of purging the roster for draft picks because everything of value will likely be sold off, shipped away if the right offer is made.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Order 1 dissolved the ruling Baath Party and removed all senior party members from their government positions, purging the administrative class that ran its ministries, hospitals and schools.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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Naturium and Soft Services also offer thoughtful blends that incorporate ingredients such as allantoin and glycerin to soothe and hydrate while refining the skin.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
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The ship’s builder, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, first introduced the concept for a modern sailing cruise ship, known as Eoseas, in 2009 and has since continued refining the design for large passenger vessels.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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The tasting begins with a palate-cleansing slurp of Soda Folk.—
Dominic Green,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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The same goes for cleansing with Epsom salt and milk baths.—
Sarah Boden,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Leaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaching. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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