leaky

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Recent Examples of leaky Before June heads out to rejoin Mayday in another leaky safe house in the middle of nowhere, Holly offers to remove her ear tag. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025 Using it to address persistent trade deficits — a chronic, macroeconomic condition — is calling the fire department for a leaky faucet. Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025 Those usually occurred in homes that either didn’t have a functioning AC or had structural issues with keeping the home cool, like leaky windows and doors, which made up a small group of the study. Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 While some solvable problems are clear to the naked eye — like a leaky faucet or an empty fridge — others are invisible. Mark Travers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leaky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaky
porous
Adjective
  • What People Are Saying Jennifer Carpenter, the deputy executive director of Conservation and Government Relations for The Nature Conservancy in Florida, told Newsweek that the rising sea levels could affect inland infrastructure, due to the nature of Florida's low and porous coastline.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
  • And when that wall is porous, the people in the editorial department are forced to run scared from truth-telling.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025

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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaky. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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