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as in to drip
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
trickled a little honey into her tea
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as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the brook trickled along the glade
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Recent Examples of trickle
Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Details are trickling in about the FBI raid at Fulton County’s election operations center.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Not that Kajumba or many of his fellow miners saw more than a trickle of the massive profits produced by those minerals.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Bitcoin mining currently provides a trickling inflow of new tokens, but will eventually come to a halt when someone mines the 21 millionth coin.
—Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 30 Jan. 2026
Details are trickling in about the FBI raid at Fulton County’s election operations center.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
Running water through the pipe — even at a trickle — helps prevent pipes from freezing.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Not that Kajumba or many of his fellow miners saw more than a trickle of the massive profits produced by those minerals.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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Verb
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The melter sits over a sewer line, idling while heating the snow to thirty-eight degrees, barely above freezing, and drips the water directly into a drain.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Super Bowl always drips with intrigue, including the path plowed by teams that before the season were listed as 60-1 odds to get here.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Minutes later, Marwan came out of the kitchen, his apron splashed with tomato seeds and parsley.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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This is the first evidence that this quark-gluon plasma reacts to particles speeding through it in the same way that liquid does, splashing and rippling, acting as a single unified liquid rather than randomly scattering as individual particles would.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In fact, every one of Ziebell’s 10 triples came right off the catch — no dribbles required.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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McCoy dunked hard at the rim off the dribble, from a lob and even got a couple put-backs off his own misses.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That flow to a degree has come at a cost to second-year Kel’el Ware, who has seen only limited minutes in his two games back after missing four with a hamstring strain.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Namtso Blue collection, named after Tibet’s sacred Namtso Lake, included a range of lightweight and breathable jackets in a gradient color palette and a flowing knot emblem inspired by Tibetan nomadic culture.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In a contemplative trailer announcing the news, the artist is seen washing his truck and eating solo at a restaurant.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
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Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, just like investors expected.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Blood spatter covered the walls and front doors of nearby apartment units.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
12 Jan. 2026
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These surfaces might not be covered in spatters, but cleaning them can help to prevent the spread of germs and keep this high-profile kitchen appliance looking presentable.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This mismatch creates three structural failures that now ripple across global business.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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For Reyes, the effects of this winter storm may ripple far beyond her life in North Texas.—
Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lobotka would dearly love to see Neapolitans out in the streets again and the tears of joy a fifth Scudetto would elicit.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 2022, Japanese researchers found that dogs produced tears when reuniting with their humans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Trickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickle. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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