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as in to seep
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as in to spill
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Recent Examples of leak
The messages, some of which accused the BBC’s output of being favorable towards Israel, were leaked amid internal anger about the corporation scrapping the documentary, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 June 2025
Spectre attacks are based on the observation that performance enhancements built into modern CPUs open a side channel that can leak secrets a CPU is processing.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
His complaint leaked the night before Bove's hearing.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Jurors learned that Combs paid another security guard $100,000 to ensure the video would not see the light of day but the video was eventually leaked, intensifying public scrutiny on the rap mogul.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 24 June 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 June 2025
Spectre attacks are based on the observation that performance enhancements built into modern CPUs open a side channel that can leak secrets a CPU is processing.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
His complaint leaked the night before Bove's hearing.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 25 June 2025
Jurors learned that Combs paid another security guard $100,000 to ensure the video would not see the light of day but the video was eventually leaked, intensifying public scrutiny on the rap mogul.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leak
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Less than two hours after sunrise, with the shadows still blue and slanting hard in a dense growth of balsam firs and spruces, the baby bird blundered into a fine black net strung along the ridgeline of Mount Mansfield, at 4,393 feet Vermont’s tallest mountain.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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The emerging consensus is that former CEO John Donahoe, who held the job from January 2020 to October 2024, blundered by expanding direct-to-consumer e-commerce at the expense of traditional retail.—
Peter Georgescu,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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In these instances, tyranny and corruption seep into the very fiber of our collective governance.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Potholes are created when water seeps beneath the pavement through cracks, according to Indianapolis' website.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine have occasionally spilled over into NATO nations like Poland and Romania, which border Ukraine.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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For dry or powdery spills: If a liquid spill has dried or something powdery has spilled, use a vacuum to pick up as much of the debris as possible, or upend the suitcase outdoors or over a trash can and gently bang it a few times to dislodge the dry matter.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 June 2025
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This way, your brush can drip dry into your toilet.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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Alternative to drip irrigation: If drip irrigation isn’t an option, use a soaker hose, which releases water slowly along its length, allowing for deeper water penetration and less waste.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Deception While the self-replication study exposed how AI systems can act autonomously to preserve their function, a subsequent investigation revealed an even more subtle and dangerous capability: strategic deception.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Secrets are about to be exposed, and things will never be the same.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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The stream of haunted houses for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights continues to trickle out, and Friday’s announcement sounds like a cool relief for folks living through another Florida summer.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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Turn on a soaker hose for about 10 minutes, then turn the water off for an hour to allow the water to trickle down into the soil, not runoff.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
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Instead, recent events in Iran have revealed that anti-Americanism can bind an alliance together only so much.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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Yzerman’s appraisal of the market is revealing, though.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
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Sunflowers are known for polluting water when excessive debris oozes from their stems.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 June 2025
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When the tattoo artist was finished and wiped the tattoo down — a common practice, as tattoos can ooze blood and ink — Washburn said the tattoo leaked more than what’s usually expected.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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“Leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leak. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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