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trickle

[trik-uhl] / ˈtrɪk əl /


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Yosemite Falls is dry and Vernal, Nevada and Bridalveil falls are usually down to a trickle in September.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

US forces have seemingly been able to facilitate a sufficient trickle through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days to avert an oil-price shock or a global economic collapse.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

That promises to heap more pressure on an already strapped public — even if the full economic impact of higher energy prices might take a while to fully trickle down to the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

A thin trickle of pinkish juice trickled down his hand and disappeared into the cuff of his sleeve.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Now, the lack of rain is reducing some stretches of the Danube and Rhine to mere trickles, threatening industry that has long relied on the mighty waterways.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

That has driven worries of rising inflation, as the cost of fuel trickles down to consumers through virtually every industry.

From MarketWatch May 17, 2026

Pistachio’s ubiquity is also new as the nut trickles down from TikTok virality to mass market explosion.

From Salon May 6, 2026

This money trickles through the economy, and some of it ends up adding to the earnings of big, traded companies.

From Barron's Apr. 3, 2026

When she leaned back the trickles ran down the back of her neck and under her collar.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Updates about the search for survivors have trickled out slowly, while the death toll has remained unchanged since late Wednesday.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Details about what’s in the new trade deal have trickled out.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

That White House staffers apparently felt comfortable anonymously attacking Holmes in personal terms suggests that the impulse has trickled down too.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

“Let’s stop all the discrimination against street vendors... Enough!” she said in Spanish while tears trickled down her face outside City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

His hand broke the surface; gray particles trickled and hurried down, fragments of plaster resembling the radioactive dust outside.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Auen and Walker delight in trickling real historical information — the result of painstaking research they both conducted studying the Chronovisor — through the film at a slow but steady, always compelling pace.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

Details are still trickling out, but here’s what we know.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

The money starts compounding immediately instead of trickling in over the five years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Additional conditions allow for shares to keep trickling out into the market ahead of the six-month expiration date.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

Everything was humid and damp, and whereas I’d been freezing cold inside the examination room, I felt sweat droplets trickling from my armpits by the time I made it to Cade’s truck.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith




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