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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Influenza, commonly known as the flu, spreads through close contact with people who are already sick with the virus or by touching objects with the virus on them.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
15 Oct. 2025 -
Cells are so complex, however, that getting a sense of how one protein’s failure spreads through the system is tough.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Similar alarms are ringing for ocean currents, where freshwater ice melt is slowing down a major marine highway that circulates heat, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC.—
Alexandra A Phillips,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
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Once the washing is done, the drying system circulates warm air – 110 °F (43 °C) – through carpet fibers, drying up to 400 sq ft of carpet in around two hours.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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But that ending reveal, which comes out of nowhere and leads us straight into the credits with no time to process it, will continue to spark debates for decades.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Leaks (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaks%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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