percolate
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What the API’s buyers get is the advantage of accessing those posts instantaneously, rather than waiting for them to percolate into the marketplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
Reporters from far-flung cities wired the same observation back to their editors, and stories of delight and awe began to percolate through the most remote towns.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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“That sandy ground, when you put the water on it, it percolates into the groundwater and it recharges,” said Jeevan Muhar, chief executive officer of Arvin-Edison Water Storage District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
"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
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
The question percolated through today’s testimony by Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer, whose second day on the stand also featured a furious pushback from defense lawyers.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
Had it percolated gradually through the years until now?
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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"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
“It was kind of like I had to access what was percolating because part of me was looking at the world and feeling a little shut down, as anyone would be,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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
Inside its percolating depths, the manure fermented, generating scalding heat.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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