seeped

past tense of seep

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Recent Examples of seeped The painting was not damaged as a result of the action, but the floor of the gallery required repair after paint seeped down. Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026 Here's a reality check The lore of the wilderness has seeped into many different facets of modern life. Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026 In a 1990 interview with SPIN, drummer/guitarist Keith Strickland reflected on the group’s years living together in an isolated upstate New York house while writing and recording the material, saying the environment seeped into the music itself. Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 July 2026 Water had seeped in everywhere on that floor, ruining the carpet, as well as other items. Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 July 2026 Because rotisserie chicken is often served in plastic packaging with clear lids that customers can peer into before buying, the nonprofit also looked into whether plastics had seeped into the chicken. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 30 June 2026 But that was quickly dismissed after Turkish media reported that their hotel was dealing with a bedbug infestation, with the insecticide gas believed to have seeped into their room through a bathroom ventilation duct. CBS News, 26 June 2026 After a Premier League season marked by a shift towards more direct football, that trend appears to have seeped into England’s international approach. Mark Carey, New York Times, 24 June 2026 In recent years, the idea of a biological age that is separate from our birth age has increasingly seeped into the common discourse. Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeped
Verb
  • After pounding his drive down the final fairway, Fox hit his approach to just inside 12 feet and then dripped his birdie putt into the edge of the cup to win the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
    Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
  • Blood dripped from his head; his father and daughter had various injuries.
    Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Evans’ confidence oozed throughout the interaction, something that stuck with Minnesota.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
  • Jada oozed cool in logomania jeans and a black jacket, while Will looked suave in a short sleeve button-up and khaki pants.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • And the quadrangular system of roads — state, county and township — and all that flowed from them are a historic institutional achievement that drove broader economic and social development.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
  • In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • As the first officer of the Enterprise, Riker exuded confidence, swagger, and just enough cockiness to keep things interesting.
    Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026
  • In support of partner Karl-Anthony Towns of the 2026 NBA championship team the New York Knicks, Woods exuded a celebratory aura in a head-to-toe gold look.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Efforts to ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stock have percolated for years, but have repeatedly fallen short.
    Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Other records from the district and the state describe how most of the water percolated into the ground, evaporated into hot, dry air, or drained off fields into scrubland and desert.
    Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026

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“Seeped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeped. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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