seep
Example Sentences
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When cracks grow large enough, liquid electrolyte can seep inside.
From Science Daily
New technology doesn’t merely seep into the economy, eventually it grows into a Category 5 storm and starts tearing up trailer parks in its path.
"You have an entire landscape of uncertainty and vulnerability and you have this 1,000-year-old tapestry of spells and medicines and occult knowledge that just has seeped into the Burmese consciousness."
From Barron's
Economists have also been worried about price increases seeping from goods into services, which cover amenities like haircuts, daycare, airfares, car insurance and more.
The government's special envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal, said this week that anti-Jewish prejudice has been "seeping into society for many years and we have not come out strongly enough against it".
From Barron's
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