drip
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"They were really spooky, all you could hear was drip, drip, drip. There were no lights."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Prominent tech bull Cathie Wood took the opportunity to buy the drip.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Dylan’s drip isn’t the only thing putting him into the viral bloodstream of the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Images of the fashion scion’s arrest in handcuffs and the steady drip of leaks from the police investigation have led to “a kind of unbearable premature social condemnation,” his lawyers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The spit caught Laura on the cheek, and began to drip down toward her ear.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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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
In line for the merch booth, sweat drips down our backs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Longevity influencer Gary Brecka, who’d recently had Kennedy over to get intravenous drips and use Brecka’s hyperbaric chamber, was present, along with the “medfluencers” Dr. Will Cole and Dr. Paul Saladino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
I saw it first hand—the news and opinion website I’d been editing seized up as our writers, who had been leaving in drips for some time, suddenly rushed for the exits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Sweat drips from their forehead and stings their eyes.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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The clubhouse had a paint-chipped exterior and was even worse inside, where unused kitchen appliances dripped ooze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 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
Whatever was dripped into his ear, it worked.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
She watched as sticky egg yolk dripped down her sleeve.
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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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 Masefield, John
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 Bull, Charles Livingston
"Subconsciously, I didn't want to have natto just dripping from my beard," he said, laughing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Instead, the organization leveraged sky-high demand and the wealthy U.S. market via dynamic pricing, while dripping tickets into the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Network Rail has called the Victorian tunnel one of the most hostile environments on the UK rail network, where moisture, dripping saltwater and diesel soot accelerate wear on equipment.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
If you’re lucky, not too much of the medicine will wind up dripping down your adorable creature’s chin.
From Slate ● May 17, 2026
I started to step into line beside him, water dripping from my hair, but he shook his head and looked back over his shoulder.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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