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as in to seep
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as in to spill
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Recent Examples of leak
This inflammation leads to extensive damage, causing fluid to leak from other parts of the lung into the air sacs.
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Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
If the club is reluctant to heavily back a manager who is yet to sign a new contract, for enough, leak that to the press.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Sores may form around the bite and leak a yellowish fluid.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 Aug. 2025
Models could potentially surface insights meant for the CFO but leak to unauthorized users.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Katherine Weaver, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
If the club is reluctant to heavily back a manager who is yet to sign a new contract, for enough, leak that to the press.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Sores may form around the bite and leak a yellowish fluid.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 21 Aug. 2025
Models could potentially surface insights meant for the CFO but leak to unauthorized users.
—Ron Shevlin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leak
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Apple so far has only been able to introduce a few basic AI features on the iPhone while failing to deliver on last year’s promise to deliver a more conversational and versatile version of its often-blundering virtual assistant Siri.—
Michael Liedtke,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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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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What once lived at the extremes has now seeped into everyday life.—
Jonathan Alpert,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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That chemical seeps into groundwater, which can kill native amphibians like frogs and salamanders.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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This could be the result of an unexpected revelation or a gossip-y friend spilling the tea, but shocking information is headed your way.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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This fight will likely spill into the 2028 election cycle and beyond — in other words, perpetual political trench warfare.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The new collections reimagine the classic Bird on a Rock motif, brought to life by Jean Schlumberger in 1965, and takes its design cues from a bird’s wing, as well as the layered look of a bird’s plumage, to create graceful, sculptural pieces dripping in diamonds and other gemstones.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
2 Sep. 2025
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An ice machine in the middle of the room had a drain line dripping into a 5-gallon bucket.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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No student or teacher should be exposed to these hazards.—
Erica Mosca,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The fund will expose investors to fast-growing newer entrants like hardware and cloud provider IonQ and quantum chip fabricator Rigetti, alongside Big Tech players Microsoft, Nvidia, and IBM.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The sideline staple has trickled down to youth sports.—
Kris Ann Valdez,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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This is not about waiting for multinational companies to trickle down resilience benefits.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But a butt dial revealed the truth about what actually happened, the complaint alleges.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Alongside this, large-scale genetic studies have revealed sweeping changes in the human brain that are not seen in other mammals.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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The restaurant is housed in a cozy 1940s church that oozes old-world charm.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Its exterior is bolder, boxier and more experimental than the compact crossovers, with a broad grille, unique, compact headlights, strong wheel arches and an upright, confident three-row silhouette — the kind of presence that oozes practical luxury.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Leak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leak. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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