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
But other risks to stock-market stability continued to percolate.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
County’s Hansen Spreading Grounds, where it will flow into basins and percolate into the groundwater aquifer for storage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
Now I’m sitting at the kitchen table with my sketchbook, a mallard’s feather, and a selection of my graphite pencils, letting what Dr. Crowchild said percolate.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
After the idea percolated up from Linda to Clay-and-Buck and then to Fox News, Trump thought it was a stroke of genius.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026
News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
These opinions haven’t percolated through to the general public because business leaders are loath to express them in public, rather than anonymously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Had it percolated gradually through the years until now?
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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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
Discussion about the need for a tradeable market for computing power has been percolating on Wall Street for months.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
With prices of derivative products such as jet fuel and liquefied natural gas also affected, the economic fallout is already percolating down—even for energy exporters such as the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
But always percolating and demanding his attention was Charles’s species book.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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