leak
Example Sentences
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The company drastically boosted oil production, but failed to properly maintain its equipment, resulting in oil spills and gas leaks.
From Los Angeles Times
To investigators in the U.K., what’s glaring instead is that his ingratiating friends leaked privileged financial information to the former banker that he might have parlayed into insider-trading gains.
A water leak at the Louvre has caused damage to a 19th Century ceiling painting, in the latest major setback for the Parisian museum.
From BBC
After a break-in, strikes and a ticket fraud scandal, the beleaguered Louvre museum in Paris said Friday it had suffered a water leak in its most-visited wing, the second flood in three months.
From Barron's
Fluorescence imaging offers a possible solution, but current labeling techniques often face problems such as fading signals, leaking dyes, or reduced brightness in complex biological environments.
From Science Daily
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