percolate

Example Sentences

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The thing is, how do these things percolate three, four generations later?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

But other risks to stock-market stability continued to percolate.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

As their attitudes percolate down, we could see job security supplant prices in the public’s hierarchy of anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

“That will alleviate a lot of problems instead of having things percolate and blow up in your face.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2024

Resistance was beginning to percolate even in the rural areas.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela