leaks (out)

present tense third-person singular of leak (out)
as in spreads
to become known the candidate's campaign didn't want his choice of a running mate to leak out before an official announcement was made

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Verb
  • The raw sewage rises to the surface, adding to the unbearable stink, which spreads and worsens with every passing day.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Big Red love spreads all across the Lone Star State, but there’s no city that embraces this sweet and slightly peculiar soda quite like San Antonio.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • The platform incorporates several system upgrades, including a liquid metal loop that circulates 2,500 pounds (1,100 kilograms) of bismuth and a custom 200-kilowatt heat exchanger.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That quote of Welles throwing monumental shade at Woody Allen, which circulates on social media basically any time Allen does anything?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • The big one really is the third in the Culpa trilogy, which comes out [on Prime] soon from Pokeepsie.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • If the report comes out, it is expected to show that employers added 50,000 jobs in September, unimpressive but up from a meager 22,000 in August, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Leaks (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaks%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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