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as in to seep
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as in to spill
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Recent Examples of leak
Advertisement Among the information leaked were personal details about David’s daughter Rebecca, then a teenager, including photographs, birth records, and daily routines, putting her in immediate danger.
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Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
The ceiling leaked and investigators observed dripping water, another dangerous contamination risk, collecting in buckets in a sterile manufacturing area.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
Let your dishes air dry in the dishwasher instead of using the heated drying feature, which can leak heat into your kitchen, raising indoor temperatures and humidity levels.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The same day, a voice note that Baldoni allegedly sent to Lively was leaked of the actor apologizing for his response to Lively's tweaks to the scripts.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
The ceiling leaked and investigators observed dripping water, another dangerous contamination risk, collecting in buckets in a sterile manufacturing area.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2025
Let your dishes air dry in the dishwasher instead of using the heated drying feature, which can leak heat into your kitchen, raising indoor temperatures and humidity levels.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The same day, a voice note that Baldoni allegedly sent to Lively was leaked of the actor apologizing for his response to Lively's tweaks to the scripts.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leak
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Finally, Charlie displays his new skills while blundering through a read-aloud session in the library.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Some reasons why economists blundered on free trade In their new study, the China Shock economists throw a bit of shade on the economics profession for getting the effects of free trade so wrong in the past.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Artificial intelligence is seeping into daily routines, helping to craft emails, keep track of schedules and manage other tasks more efficiently.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Aug. 2025
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Even being seeped with so much history, having some of their most iconic treats and dishes being made for over 200 years, the kindness and ease of the people is truly what drew me in.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
31 July 2025
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That dissent spilled into view last week when thousands of settler activists toured the Israeli border region near Gaza.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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Some of these flourishes feel a touch gratuitous: milk is spilled; repeated Amelia Bedelia-esque references are made to Evie’s sister losing her marbles; and, of course, there’s the name—yes, this Eve bites into an apple.—
Lora Kelley,
New Yorker,
7 Aug. 2025
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After that, the Angels’ catcher had a brief, terse interaction with reporters, one dripping with frustration.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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Although eating peaches makes Conrad’s mouth itch, watching peach juice drip down Belly’s chin makes his heart itch.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In the recent experiment, described in a paper published Aug. 13 in the journal Nature, the researchers made 0.4-inch-wide (1 centimeter) specks float in a vacuum chamber when exposed to light about 55% as intense as natural sunlight.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In a larger way, the nothing-burger outcome exposes the flaws in Trump’s theory of diplomacy.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Former Yankee Kyle Higashioka tried to catch Domínguez at third, but the catcher made an errant throw that trickled into left.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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The email, a copy and paste job, trickled into inboxes at odd hours.—
Elizabeth Kaye Cook
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Further, staggered flashbacks reveal Corry’s lifelong anxiety over abandonment, stemming from the death of her mother in childbirth; the personal resonance of her mission at work to heal young families facing death and disease becomes poignantly clear.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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His Monday meeting in the Oval Office with Zelensky will likely reveal an evolution in their relationship, and Trump’s view of Putin, since their ghastly February blowout.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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But fear not, Nevermore still oozes its signature moody trappings — labyrinthine corridors, eerie stained glass, and foreboding woods — but now there are fresh corners of the school revealed, which echo the gear-turning soul of the Industrial Age.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The morning sun was like half of an orange, rays oozing out from its cut side.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leak. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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