as in drips
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water percolating through the coffee filter
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Recent Examples of percolates
Fushimi sits atop an aquifer containing over 20 billion tons of soft water that percolates to the surface at several natural springs.
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
As Jacksonville wanders into town, talk percolates about Trevor Lawrence regaining his footing, of living up to his first overall pick billing.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
Government studies have neither confirmed nor ruled out a possible link to those springs, but the company asserts that the deposits are isolated from the aquifer that percolates toward the Canyon.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Intensity percolates around romance and creative pursuits when the sun squares off with Pluto.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
As Jacksonville wanders into town, talk percolates about Trevor Lawrence regaining his footing, of living up to his first overall pick billing.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
Government studies have neither confirmed nor ruled out a possible link to those springs, but the company asserts that the deposits are isolated from the aquifer that percolates toward the Canyon.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Intensity percolates around romance and creative pursuits when the sun squares off with Pluto.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percolates
Verb
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Love drips off every auto-focus shot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The result is a warm, bold, addictive fragrance that drips with sensuality and femininity, down to the curves of its signature gold and glass figure-eight amphora.—
Claire Salinda,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Water in them collects slowly over years as precipitation seeps in.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Terracotta is very porous, meaning water slowly seeps out of the pot and into the soil, providing consistent moisture to the soil and roots around it.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Carbios reported a financial loss of about $12 million, reflecting lower income from cash investments, interest flows with subsidiaries, interest paid on loans and a non-cash impairment provision.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The cost spiked due to a slowdown in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for oil shipments through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply normally flows.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Amanda oozes pick-me energy, unable to build self-esteem from within, instead begging for validation through desirability, something that will always be a slippery slope for someone in a monogamous relationship.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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But Flynn also oozes sniveling self-righteousness while hotly defending and petitioning for childhood innocence (amusing hints emerge that the daughter is a somewhat lazy and dim underachiever).—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Everything about this watch exudes exclusivity through subtle nods to the history of the Daytona.—
Allen Farmelo,
Robb Report,
14 Apr. 2026
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This British name just exudes a sense of sophistication.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Swiss skier Melanie Meillard weeps in the arms of her teammate Janine Schmitt after missing a turn on her slalom run Women’s Team Combined Slalom.—
Staff Photographer,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Cannon weeps into an expansive white space that only she and Trish inhabit.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The Republican supermajority is reluctant to stop an unlimited cash flow to an ever-expanding school voucher program that bleeds billions from public schools, despite ample proof of sloppy bookkeeping and zero proof that voucher students’ needs are adequately met.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Healthy balance mentally and physically from an organization standpoint, top down, that bleeds into the operations of what the football team does.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Percolates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolates. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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