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Like when water breaks through a leaky roof.
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Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Maybe the Dodgers’ dominant rotation and leaky bullpen could somehow lead to another baseball revolution in the way players are deployed.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Sturgis started small at HBI, assembling furniture and fixing leaky faucets, while working 10-hour night shifts at a warehouse.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Ingredient prices continue to soar, as do the rates for necessary repairs — the faulty range, the leaky roof.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
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Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Maybe the Dodgers’ dominant rotation and leaky bullpen could somehow lead to another baseball revolution in the way players are deployed.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Sturgis started small at HBI, assembling furniture and fixing leaky faucets, while working 10-hour night shifts at a warehouse.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Ingredient prices continue to soar, as do the rates for necessary repairs — the faulty range, the leaky roof.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leaky
porous
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The defence remains porous, error-prone and vulnerable on corners.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Removing Stains From Bathroom Floors Grout is porous and absorbs all the moisture, dirt, and soap scum it's exposed to, and that can leave it looking dark and dingy.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Leaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaky. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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