trickle
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"If this is actually done by the Americans, it will halt a very tiny trickle of vessels. In the greater scheme of things, it doesn't really change anything," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Any reduction in energy flows, even from the trickle Iran was allowing, will be felt by markets and U.S. allies, especially in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Gasoline prices shot up fast as fighting raged in Iran and shipping through a waterway vital to the world’s oil supply slowed to a trickle.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
"We will likely also begin to see a trickle of vessels going into the Gulf, but those two will not be of the same magnitude."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
I lowered the flow of my water to a trickle and motioned Bobby Gene to do the same.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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