trickle

Example Sentences

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While the price of oil has fallen on news of the ceasefire, shipping analysts are warning to expect only a trickle of crossings for now.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

For now, traffic remains a trickle, as it has for more than a month of conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 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

The relative trickle of oil passing through the Gulf and the release of oil from reserves is such that, according to Pyziur, belies another potential problem: the lack of fertilizer coming out of Gulf countries.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

A trickle of horror, like a finger sliding up his spine, came to Jonathan.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi