as in dripping
to flow forth slowly through small openings
water percolating through the coffee filter
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Recent Examples of percolating
Talk of working with writers moves quickly to things that are percolating.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Yet Alcala simply the most toxic example of something else, something that seems somehow invisible yet unavoidable, percolating even during the most innocuous moments.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
The idea had been percolating for a while.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Even though those other factors have been percolating for a while, former Californians are shouldering much of the state’s conservative ire.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Yet Alcala simply the most toxic example of something else, something that seems somehow invisible yet unavoidable, percolating even during the most innocuous moments.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
The idea had been percolating for a while.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
Even though those other factors have been percolating for a while, former Californians are shouldering much of the state’s conservative ire.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Percolating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolating. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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