trickled

verb

past tense of trickle
1
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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2
as in splashed
to flow in a broken irregular stream the brook trickled along the glade

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Recent Examples of trickled Collateral damage also trickled down to local races, with several contests trending Democrat in traditionally conservative McHenry County, DuPage County’s GOP contingent shrinking from six to one, and the Cook County Board set to go completely blue. — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026 Discontent at the national level trickled down to local races, said Daniel Reynolds, a Republican precinct committeeman for West Boise’s legislative District 15. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026 The mood was ebullient as the first batch of returns trickled in, buoyed by dramatic wins for Democrats across the country and a better than expected early lead for their candidate. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026 Emerson Lalashuis had a let serve that trickled over the net and to the gym floor for a momentum-turning point for DeLand. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 The Iran war set off a historic oil supply shortage that pushed up energy prices and trickled into other costs, including some groceries. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Visitors trickled through in subsequent days to adorn the site with flowers and stuffed animals. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 Voters trickled into a hillside polling station in Wadi Nisnas, a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the northern coastal city of Haifa. — Lia Lapidot Aaron Boxerman and Lia Lapidot, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026 The jokes and nonsense started almost as soon as the first rumors trickled out that Jay, whose company Roc Nation has executive-produced the Super Bowl halftime show since 2019, might be choosing himself to headline next year’s show. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickled
  1. dripped
  2. splashed
  3. flowed
  4. washed
  5. poured
  6. bubbled
  7. rippled
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  • What happened to them, and why Jonah remains obsessed with this one unsolved case, are details that get slowly dripped out, like in every other sad-dad detective show that stretches a movie-length premise over 10 hourlong episodes.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As that water dripped across the shelter floor, calcium carbonate settled on anything lying around—logs, leaves, pine cones, and Neanderthal tools.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of dripped
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  • Piaget takes the bold colors splashed across the American creative’s face in the series and plops them right on the dial.
    — Nicole Hoey for Robb Report, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Where lettuce splashed with vinaigrette can feel like an afterthought, a juicy, savory-slanting pear salad is worth making room for on a plate full of turkey and cornbread.
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of splashed
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  • The discovery of certain minerals, for example, can show that water flowed on Mars long ago, pointing to potentially habitable conditions.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Historic amounts of money have flowed into this year's midterm elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of flowed
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  • The Democratic wave that flipped control of Congress from Republicans on Election Day also washed through to the state and local level, with several legislatures seeing historic changes in their balance of power.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The intense erosion that carved the Great Unconformity washed rock material into the oceans, possibly fertilizing them just before the Cambrian explosion, when calcium became abundant in seawater.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of washed
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  • The Republican Governors Association poured $19 million into television and digital advertising, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact, and attacked Holscher as an extreme liberal.
    — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
  • And the latter was only allowed after it was demonstrated that the piano's mahogany wouldn't catch fire even when burning gasoline was poured over it.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • Not only would this have led to liquid water covering much of the Martian surface, but when lava bubbled through the Martian crust and met groundwater, warm habitable niches ideal for microbial life could have been forged.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Below, Devenanzio addresses some of the specific controversies that have bubbled up regarding the two-part season finale.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of bubbled
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  • The unrest began with a handful of student demonstrations over crumbling infrastructure and overcrowded high-school classrooms, then rippled across France to encompass labor unions with grievances over the cost of living.
    — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The rout rippled overseas, while Treasury yields eased as investors sought safer assets; oil prices rebounded amid uncertainty over the Iran war.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
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“Trickled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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