leaking

verb

present participle of leak
1
as in blundering

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2
as in dripping

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3
as in spilling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaking
  1. blundering
  2. dripping
  3. spilling
  4. ejaculating
  5. seeping
  6. exposing
  7. shouting
  8. trickling
Verb
  • The bull sagged at the front quarters, then began a desperate, blundering run.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
  • Earlier this year, two Serve Robotics machines were spotted blundering into the middle of a police incident while cops apprehended a man who appeared to be having a mental health crisis.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026
Definition of blundering
Verb
  • The result is an urgent, propulsive song with a raw spirit and some of Pop’s most super-charged writing with deceptively simple lyrics about love and war, dripping with desperation.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The simulations that captured the localized effects of individual large impacts also produced wholesale recycling of crust back into the mantle, with material dripping down to depths of at least 600 kilometers.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
Definition of dripping
Verb
  • But labor strife here is spilling off of the docks and into City Hall, with political implications for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, himself a former labor organizer who is expected to run for reelection in less than a year.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Investigators said the confrontation began inside the gas station before spilling into the parking lot, where shots were fired.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of spilling
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  • Skarsgård’s character James ejaculating at the beach after a sudden handjob by Mia Goth’s freewheeling Gabi.
    — Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
Definition of ejaculating
Verb
  • Essentially, these function as drains for your windows, keeping water from seeping into the wood of your window frame and causing rot.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
  • Margaret’s attic, though blessedly private, was also hot in the summer, the best efforts of its in-window air conditioner insufficient for the heat that had been seeping upward all afternoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of seeping
Verb
  • But instead of slipping into fixer mode, reflect on what the situation is exposing to you about an emotional pattern.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • Beijing’s primary and secondary schools are offering AI instruction each academic year, exposing kids to topics ranging from chatbot use to AI ethics.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • Advertise your presence by shouting and waving your arms or walk slowly away.
    — Mason Leib, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Pretty soon, fans were shouting back every line to favorites in their repertoire.
    — Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026
Definition of shouting
Verb
  • However, based on the photos trickling out, no one looked like they were handed the same instructions on the RSVP.
    — Lizzie Logan, Glamour, 4 July 2026
  • Bookings have been trickling in for four months as the teams advanced, and higher-stakes matches were confirmed.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of trickling
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