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trickle

[trik-uhl] / ˈtrɪk əl /


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However, these releases slowed to a trickle in April after Rodriguez said the scheme was "coming to an end".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

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

And that could stimulate more activity for companies involved in building and financing these projects, which will eventually trickle down to the broader economy, the Wells Fargo team said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

In this dry season only a trickle of muddy water remained in the river.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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

Oil prices would likely need to remain lower for a longer stretch of time before it trickles down to retail prices, which tend to fall much more slowly than they rise.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

Chesney said he plans to build on each practice, and his coaching staff will set a standard that trickles down to the players.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026

A light rain falls on rooftops, trickles through runnels, beads up on her scarf.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

It was small, but super sparkly; a circle of smaller diamonds surrounded the big one in the middle and trickled down the silver band.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

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

And there were rumors of layoffs, big ones, trickling down from head office, and talk of moving the entire production facility to China, so keeping on top of things was doubly important at the moment.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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