percolate
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That focus will likely prove key if the current rotation deepens over the summer months as bond yields rise and inflation pressure percolate.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
“We expect the impact of higher energy prices to gradually percolate in the coming months as replacement supplies arrive with a lag.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Signs of stress continue to percolate as some private-credit funds mark down the value of their loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
The thing is, how do these things percolate three, four generations later?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
As Singleton began to amass evidence, and Baird saw that a potential case was coalescing, he let these thoughts percolate.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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"It's very much a wait to see how the removal of the tariffs percolates through the supply chain," he added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Liberation” percolates with lively humor, as when Lizzie introduces herself as a journalist who writes “obituaries and weddings—which in a way are the same thing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2025
This happens because carbon dioxide from the air dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid - this then percolates through the rock and reacts with it, causing it to dissolve.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
Many areas in the parched West already use treated wastewater for outdoor irrigation or to replenish underground aquifers, where water is further cleansed as it percolates through the soil.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
My heart percolates and my hands begin to sweat.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
The amount of groundwater replenishment during the 2024 water year, while significant, was less than the 8.7 million acre-feet that percolated underground during the extremely wet 2023 water year, according to state estimates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
In the decades since her pregnancy, the field of bipolar research and recommendations for treatment of pregnant and breastfeeding women have evolved, but experts say the information has not percolated through to all clinicians.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2024
Even percolated black coffee wouldn’t keep you awake, if you were reading these.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Both the title of “Bass Persuades” and the percolating sound of its title track would seem to suggest a dance-leaning collection to follow the strange and dark prog-pop opus “Something Beautiful” from 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We're not the only jurisdiction that's facing that ageing-related crisis, because similar issues are percolating in Australia and England," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Because at least when I did it two seasons ago, I could have anxiety and fear percolating inside me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Even in the film’s most convoluted moments, there’s a fire of dissent percolating just beneath its surface.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The rain had finally eased, and the beginning of a blue day was percolating on the horizon.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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