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as in dripped
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
trickled a little honey into her tea
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as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream
the brook trickled along the glade
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Recent Examples of trickled
That pressure has trickled down to Tracy, who has handled a difficult situation about as well as possible.
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Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 27 May 2026
With two runners on the base, Ramirez tried to throw out a runner stealing second, but the ball slipped away from Bragg and trickled into the outfield grass.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Not much has trickled down in 40 years.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
The students distributed their poems for the following week and then trickled, one by one, into the hall.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The Canadiens appeared to gain a 3-1 lead one minute later when Josh Anderson’s backhand trickled through Lyon as Phillip Danault crashed the crease.
—ABC News, 10 May 2026
The ball trickled behind second, and Hoerner kept going, hustling his way to second.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Well, word trickled down to the CEO of RiverBend, PeaceHealth RiverBend.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 27 May 2026
With two runners on the base, Ramirez tried to throw out a runner stealing second, but the ball slipped away from Bragg and trickled into the outfield grass.
—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
Not much has trickled down in 40 years.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
But the export success has hardly trickled down to ordinary citizens and transformed into buying power that can reverse the ongoing property slump, analysts say.
—Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
The students distributed their poems for the following week and then trickled, one by one, into the hall.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
The Canadiens appeared to gain a 3-1 lead one minute later when Josh Anderson’s backhand trickled through Lyon as Phillip Danault crashed the crease.
—ABC News, 10 May 2026
The ball trickled behind second, and Hoerner kept going, hustling his way to second.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Well, word trickled down to the CEO of RiverBend, PeaceHealth RiverBend.
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickled
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Sections lower in the nozzle that were not cooled began to overheat and sag while molten plastic dripped from the engine outlet.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The halter-neck number also featured strips of sparkling crystals, which dripped off of the bodice and skirt.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
22 May 2026
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Below me, the Pacific Ocean splashed and sprayed off dramatic rock outcrops.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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During a recent Tuesday-morning visit, two sunbathers dangled their legs in the outdoor roof pool, while a staycationing couple and their little son splashed in the water nearby.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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She was hooked up to a hemodialysis machine where her blood flowed out of her body to be purified and was then transferred back into her body where it was reabsorbed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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That same evening, when the system was most strained, a crucial lifeline of about 8,000 MW of electricity flowed in from neighboring areas.—
Sufan Jiang,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Everything had to be done first, rocks moved, grass cut, ladders put away, dishes washed.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
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As its flippers met sand and the ocean washed across its shell for the first time in six months, Earl Grey charged for home.—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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That’s why the state’s nonpartisan watchdog, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, quickly poured cold water on Newsom’s good-news budget moment.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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No one poured school fees or study-abroad plane tickets or holidays in Málaga and Mérida into her.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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The Rangers were marching toward that goal when conflict bubbled back to the surface.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Our blind taste test deduced which flavored fizzes bubbled up to the top.—
Emily Heil,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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In the years following, Beijing funded or armed fellow communists in Vietnam, North Korea, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, causing panic in Washington and other Western capitals as the ideological struggles of the Cold War rippled across Asia.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The ecological shock rippled ashore, collapsing the region’s $44 million red abalone fishery—once the largest in the world.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
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