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drip

[drip] / drɪp /


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After surgery, every patient received paracetamol through an intravenous drip every 8 hours.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Lee said her family, which uses water-saving drip irrigation, should be allowed to pump more to keep the farm going.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Now, when we discuss the increase in attacks against draft officers, his words drip with hurt.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Unlike a traditional offset smoker, a barrel allows rendered fat to drip directly onto the hot fire, creating that classic charcoal flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

We got ice cream at the Dairy Freeze and sat at a picnic table trying to eat it quick before the summer heat made it run down our cones and drip onto our laps.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

For your new owner, Angels fans, you get a proven winner and real estate developer — more on that in a second — whose very name drips with baseball history.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The vineyard has a system of piping spread across 1.85 hectares of the vines, which steadily drips water onto the ground around the plants' roots, and is turned on every few days.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Water that would fill 20 Olympic pools is pumped from the 140-year-old tunnel every day as saltwater from the River Severn constantly drips through its thick walls.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Rain drips down the plane windows; I complete the “Ask and Trust” deck, which opens with a Dr. Becky video.

From Slate May 10, 2026

The roof drips with strings of shriveled red peppers and paper-skinned onions.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Brackish water dripped down Anna Drzewiecki’s arm as she showed me a palm-sized oyster she had just pulled from a cage at Glidden Point Oyster Farms on Maine’s Damariscotta River.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

She added: "At a time when people are watching every pound, dripped fees can tip the balance."

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

He tried to wipe it away with his sleeve, but he was too slow, and it dripped down onto his black shirt, joining a galaxy of white stains that looked like the night sky.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2026

That deficit quickly dripped away and Feller was a picture of shock as he realised he had won after his Swiss rival streaked through the finish line in second.

From Barron's Jan. 25, 2026

Sweat dripped down the bridge of my nose.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Back to the town the swaying torches reeked, Within the green-striped tent the lights expired, The dew dript from the canvas where it leaked.

From King Cole by John Masefield

The night air was raw with the chill of thawing snow, and carried no sound but the soft tinkle of the sap as it dript swiftly into the birchen cups.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull

“Awww, Jimmy, Jimmy, I thought you wanted to be a pro coach,” Davis, voice dripping with disappointment, told him in 2004 when he learned Harbaugh was leaving his Raiders gig.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

"I remember looking at my husband at one point, and he was just dripping with sweat, so everybody kept passing him tissues halfway through the service."

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Here soaring horns sit atop dripping, spattered masses, the high polish and sharp points of the parabolic shapes complementing the curvaceous, organically decorated bases below.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"Subconsciously, I didn't want to have natto just dripping from my beard," he said, laughing.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

And when Mom finally got home, dripping and soaking from having to walk the whole way from her office in the storm, she let us eat on the floor, on a blanket, like a picnic.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff




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