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dripping

[drip-ing] / ˈdrɪp ɪŋ /
















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Anyone who has sprayed foam on a surface has likely noticed droplets forming and dripping from the bottom.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The persistent plunk, plunk, plunk of icicles dripping into an aluminum gutter — a sound that is less birdsong than plumbing.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

"When you get hit, it hurts, but it's mostly your pride that takes the blow," said Toshihiro Takahashi, a 48-year-old civil servant dripping with sweat after his match.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

He was probably around eighteen, but the most striking thing about him was that he was dripping wet.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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