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
  • Slime literally drips off them, and there can be an inch or more of slime in the bottom of your cooler.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
Definition of drips
Verb
  • When Mexico wins, and does so with authority at a World Cup, the party spills into the streets.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Grief has always been at the core of the French Cuban twin duo’s work, but joy spills over in the rumbling electronic-R&B production, dramatic strings, and exultant hand percussion of Offering, their first album as independent artists.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Definition of spills
Verb
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
    — Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of shouts
Verb
  • How rainfall seeps into cracks can also build up pressure and lead to collapses.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Gas seeps out of the magma and diffuses into the atmosphere, in theory enriching it in oxygen, silicon hydride and silicon monoxide, while going the other way the magma absorbs ammonia, methane and water vapor from the atmosphere.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of seeps
Verb
  • More often than not, heavy rain exposes small maintenance issues that have gone unnoticed for months or even years.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026
  • Rose’s story exposes the truly devastating human toll of these cuts.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 13 July 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
  • This contradiction trickles down.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The impact trickles down to car owners.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Definition of trickles
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