as in drips
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water seeping through the basement walls
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Recent Examples of seeps
Everything seeps out onto the streets.
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Aaina Bhargava, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
As artificial intelligence seeps into daily life, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education aims to incorporate the emerging technologies into the classroom, but with caution.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Outside his own home, a bright blue house in the remote borough of Arroyo Naranjo, Mustelier Oruña’s music seeps through windows, wafting out of neighboring living rooms and kitchens.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Saltwater seeps into gardens, storms batter homes, and flooding disrupts daily life.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Waterproof materials are impervious to water, providing a complete barrier, while water-resistant materials only resist water penetration to a certain degree before the water seeps through.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
But with the ballpark field sitting nearly two dozen feet below a rising sea level, officials have pumped groundwater that seeps up around the stadium grounds, diverting it into Damon Slough.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
With its newest design, Waking Daisy in the Corners of Brookfield, the restaurant’s peppy, colorful branding seeps into its single-stall bathrooms, too.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
However, as seals in the engines, designed to stop leaks, wear and degrade, oil seeps in and vaporizes in the heat, releasing toxic compounds onboard.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Aaina Bhargava, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
As artificial intelligence seeps into daily life, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education aims to incorporate the emerging technologies into the classroom, but with caution.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 26 Sep. 2025
Outside his own home, a bright blue house in the remote borough of Arroyo Naranjo, Mustelier Oruña’s music seeps through windows, wafting out of neighboring living rooms and kitchens.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Saltwater seeps into gardens, storms batter homes, and flooding disrupts daily life.
—Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Waterproof materials are impervious to water, providing a complete barrier, while water-resistant materials only resist water penetration to a certain degree before the water seeps through.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
But with the ballpark field sitting nearly two dozen feet below a rising sea level, officials have pumped groundwater that seeps up around the stadium grounds, diverting it into Damon Slough.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
With its newest design, Waking Daisy in the Corners of Brookfield, the restaurant’s peppy, colorful branding seeps into its single-stall bathrooms, too.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
However, as seals in the engines, designed to stop leaks, wear and degrade, oil seeps in and vaporizes in the heat, releasing toxic compounds onboard.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeps
Verb
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That information drips out in the regular media but is almost nonexistent on social media.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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After soaking, excess water drips out of the drainage holes.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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The new star shines because its surface is hot, but the energy fueling that luminosity percolates up from its core.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Air flows through modular containers filled with these coated filters.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Although SoCal Edison can prevent electrical fires by shutting off the power that flows through the lines, the utility did not turn the power off to most circuits that power Altadena.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Park oozes with an old guy’s perception of what charm should be but comes off more like a slightly sleazy Mediterranean oligarch wearing too much shiny gold jewelry.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
27 Sep. 2025
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Located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, Grenada has a historic downtown that oozes old-school Southern charm.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Wilson’s Christmas Tree-O, featuring saxophonist Jeff Lederer, exudes enough joyous holiday spirit to illuminate any setting.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Way to Celebrate Stacked Yarn Pumpkins Tabletop Decor Designed with soft, ribbed yarn and quintessential seasonal colors, this darling tabletop decor exudes everything warm and cozy.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jesus and Antonio are insulting Veejay, Veejay is insulting Antonio and Jesus, the twins are getting more heated, and Veejay, in her most vulnerable moment all season, weeps to Christian about feeling misunderstood.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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As Tetyana weeps, the soldier gently admonishes her fuss.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That camaraderie bleeds onto the field, Pearce said.—
Josh Kendall,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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This psychological horror where nightmare bleeds into reality paints a visceral portrait of motherhood in our time.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Seeps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeps. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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