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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

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

"It started as a small trickle and over the weeks it has got bigger - they need to get their act together."

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Overall, earnings at the U.A.E. producer of natural gas tumbled after shipping through the vital Strait of Hormuz slowed to a trickle.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Once more Penelope felt an icy shiver trickle along her spine.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Wells Fargo recommends stocks in the tech, industrials and financial services sectors as spending on artificial intelligence trickles down into the rest of the economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“And that trickles down to these interview subjects seeing the increased quality and going, ‘I like the way these things look.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

If fresh information that trickles in late can be used to resolve bets, they might never be fully settled, these traders argue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

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

From Salon May 6, 2026

By lunchtime, the blazing summer sun overhead left pockets of melted asphalt in the road and trickles of sweat down our backs.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

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

The crowd, which leaned younger in part because the event allowed attendees 18 and older, trickled in around 7 p.m., and by 9 p.m., the party was in full swing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

A handful of day-trippers trickled aboard the boat in hiking boots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Volunteers served warm meals and donations from local residents trickled in.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

As we got closer to the house, sweat trickled between my shoulder blades and chilled in the evening air.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

Yet it’s hard to see the spoils of an AI-driven economy trickling down to everyone.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

The squeals of young girls, the grunts of old women, and the trickling of bathwater echoed between the walls as backs were scrubbed and hair soaped.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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