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as in to seep
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as in to spill
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Recent Examples of leak
At 39 weeks, the Rhodes founder began leaking amniotic fluid and had to be induced.
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 20 May 2025
The warning was issued in a letter to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and leaked after authorities failed to respond to the Association of Petroleum Professionals’ alarming cry for help.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
From early in Dylan’s career, recordings of his music would be leaked, shared and sold as bootlegs at an almost cartoonish rate.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Kayla Grant, People.com, 20 May 2025
The warning was issued in a letter to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and leaked after authorities failed to respond to the Association of Petroleum Professionals’ alarming cry for help.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
From early in Dylan’s career, recordings of his music would be leaked, shared and sold as bootlegs at an almost cartoonish rate.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leak
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Gene and Wendell wouldn’t start to look for me until dark, and this bear was nothing to blunder into at night.—
Howard Copenhaver,
Outdoor Life,
23 Apr. 2025
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From this starting point, a global recession was a very low probability, but the Trump administration has blundered into one.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The work-from-home mother of young kids explained on the community forum Mumsnet that her new neighbor in the apartment next to hers smokes on his balcony — and the smell is seeping into her family’s home.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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That care and attention to detail seep into Hawkins’ performance, which flits between expressions of fragility, slanted charm, and psychotic desperation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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With big money pumped in to stabilize stocks, some of that cash has spilled into bitcoin.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Others say the song has really spilled into the physical world, soundtracking school graduation parties and cafeterias across the country.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2025
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Dressed up as a neo-noir Western, this pandemic saga drips with the kind of biting, dark political humor hardly seen much since the heyday of screenwriter and novelist Terry Southern, author of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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Inside the Church of La Compañía, Baroque altars drip with gold leaf, while the ceilings are carved with indigenous iconography layered beneath Christian motifs.—
Natalie Stoclet,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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While two siblings are interned and forced to work, cut off from the outside world, the other two are exempt and work to expose the horrors of the camps.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The suit seeks justice for the survivors and aims to expose systemic failures in the juvenile justice system.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The point is, this might have worked better using Netflix’s binge-release model, allowing people to really dive into the show rather than trickle it out weekly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Once guests trickle in, some items may need to be popped in the oven to reheat or broil, but nothing should still need cooking at this stage.—
Ginger Perra,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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The observations revealed the companion galaxy is moving toward the quasar-hosting galaxy at about 1.2 million miles per hour (2 million kilometers per hour), indicating the two are in the midst of a high-speed collision.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 May 2025
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During a March appearance on The Pivot Podcast, Jelly revealed what he's learned after being married to Bunnie for eight years.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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At the most important time of the year, Ryan Daniels is oozing confidence.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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Number three: Nothing says classy, big Broadway night out like art deco, still, and the designer Derek McLane has created a simply gorgeous environment for this show, oozing glamor from every bandstand, sheer drape and chandelier.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leak. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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