trickle
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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
As he watched in-the-know travelers trickle in, he noticed something missing: a chic place for them to stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“This is a way to invest very little money in a lot of different productions and hope for some big wins from those productions that can trickle up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"The benefits of AI have to trickle down to people," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Wash felt a trickle of sweat begin between his shoulder blades.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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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
Pistachio’s ubiquity is also new as the nut trickles down from TikTok virality to mass market explosion.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
I love this idea that we can bring people together and then it trickles out to other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
Something warm trickles from the corner of my mouth.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Details about what’s in their new trade deal have trickled out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Volunteers served warm meals and donations from local residents trickled in.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
Sweat trickled down the back of my neck.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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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
Election results are still trickling in for primary races across California, including in Los Angeles, where incumbent Mayor Karen Bass is up against reality-star-turned challenger Spencer Pratt to lead the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Joe pointed to a trickling stream that crossed the trail up ahead.
From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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