leaky
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"The knee joint, which is also the most common location for osteoarthritis, naturally acts like a leaky bucket," Liu says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The leaky roof also had to be replaced.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“The Iranian blockade is more leaky than the U.S. blockade,” said Samir Madani, co-founder of the maritime intelligence firm TankerTrackers.com.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Their impressive new-look attack is the reason, despite the leaky defence, they have a 100% record nonetheless.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Gabe knotted the rope around the slender trunk of a nearby sapling and glanced back at the small, leaky failure of a boat that he had been so proud of a short time before.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
Hydrogen is leakier and more flammable, and it burns hotter and faster than gas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
A defense that seemed so strong in defeating Georgia Tech looked leakier against Furman.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
Nine goals in 18 league games is an incredibly worrying statistic for Davidson, especially when coupled with leakier defensive displays.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2021
All reptiles lose water through their skin, and it turns out that Gila monsters have skin that is leakier than most desert reptiles.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 22, 2016
It is leakier than any other case, and intrinsically, I think, no stronger than many of her other good cases, certainly weaker than the G. P. case.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
What they had instead was the NFL’s leakiest pass defense and a group prone to pyrotechnics, surrendering a stunning number of big plays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Nelson’s presence immediately solidified an offensive line that had been among the leakiest in the NFL before his arrival.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
The UK has some of the least energy-efficient and leakiest housing in Europe - due to the old age of much of the housing stock.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2022
Bridgewater returned after halftime and the Broncos closed out the win by running the ball behind a makeshift line, finishing with 147 yards rushing against the league's leakiest run defense.
From Fox News ● Nov. 28, 2021
Beneficent plots, like loving relatives dressed as Santa Claus, frequently go wrong; while it has been shown that the leakiest sort of scheme to wreck a bank will go through with the band playing.
From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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