leaking

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Leaking confidential documents may violate the judicial and American Bar Association’s rules of conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Leaking and damaged pipes were discovered at Basildon Hospital while a patient was being nursed in the room, despite the problem being reported three weeks previously.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

To backfill money lost to the road fund from the freeze on motor fuel taxes, officials took $140 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank fund.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Leaking a draft opinion would be a violation of court confidentiality rules and could result in disbarment, Kerr said.

From Reuters • May 3, 2022

Racketing her rivets loose, smoke-stack white as snow, All the coals adrift adeck, half the rails below, Leaking like a lobster-pot, steering like a dray— Out we took the Bolivar, out across the Bay!

From Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads by Kipling, Rudyard