percolate

Example Sentences

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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

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

He’s not a monster, though monstrous thoughts percolate within him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

The plan called for reducing the size of three existing golf courses and opening wide corridors where the river and creeks would spread out in the floodplains and water would percolate into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

Resistance was beginning to percolate even in the rural areas.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela