leaks

verb

present tense third-person singular of leak
1
as in blunders

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as in drips

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as in spills

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaks
  1. blunders
  2. drips
  3. spills
  4. shouts
  5. seeps
  6. exposes
  7. exclaims
  8. trickles
Verb
  • And then Ron somehow blunders his way into getting the number jacked up to $100,000 in return for their silence.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of blunders
Verb
  • The score drips with a sinister ostinato as the rats scurry into every corner of her castle.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 July 2026
  • One recurring image is from her first album cover, depicting her smiling face as blood drips down her forehead.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 July 2026
Definition of drips
Verb
  • Seal granite to enhance stain resistance, blot spills immediately, and use coasters, trivets, and mats to prevent damage.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Dip into the infinity-style Aqua Pool that seemingly spills right into the Mediterranean.
    — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of spills
Verb
  • That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of shouts
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  • Basically, color bleeding is when the dye of clothes seeps into the water during a wash cycles and stains other clothes in the load.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Olive oil seeps into each layer, adding a subtle fruitiness and welcome richness.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
Definition of seeps
Verb
  • The Workforce Risk No One Briefed You On Most insider threat programs were built for a specific problem like the employee who shares credentials, accidentally exposes data or leaves with proprietary files, but that’s not the reality of today.
    — Steve Wilson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Using live sensor feeds exposes autonomous software to the same type of information military pilots encounter during real missions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of exposes
Verb
  • Fieri exclaims as Jesser laughs.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Lopez exclaims before jumping in place excitedly and pulling Abdalla into a hug.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Definition of exclaims
Verb
  • But the desire trickles down because those faces are necessarily visually overrepresented.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026
  • The Iran war has resulted in a significant spike in fuel prices – roughly 27% over the year – which trickles down through the economy.
    — Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of trickles
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