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as in to flow
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor the cracked bottle dripped wine
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Recent Examples of drip
April Benshosan, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Candle Wax Lighting a few candles is an easy way to create a festive ambience, but wax drips and splatters are often an unfortunate result.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
The first is the visual design, which is utterly gorgeous from start to finish, dripping in Burton's signature style.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
However, supplementing with the NAD+ molecule itself, whether through an IV drip or supplements, is not effective in elevating NAD+ levels, says Toby Amidor, RD, CDN, a dietitian and partner with Tru Niagen.
—April Benshosan, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
Candle Wax Lighting a few candles is an easy way to create a festive ambience, but wax drips and splatters are often an unfortunate result.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
Automatic drip coffeemakers and single-cup brewers heat water and slowly drip over a filter filled with ground coffee beans.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
The first is the visual design, which is utterly gorgeous from start to finish, dripping in Burton's signature style.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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By locating sensors in deep bore holes, the scientists found that the French Alps’ permafrost is warming by 1 to 1.5 degrees Celsius (roughly 1.8 to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) a decade.Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Neither the trade market nor the free-agent market bore fruit, so the Reds will hope there is progress from in-house outfielders.C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Her design features a striking palette of bold pinks, deep reds, chartreuses and lush greens, each bead meticulously hand-sewn to create a visual symphony that captures both the vibrancy of New Orleans and the dignity of Black Masking culture.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 8 Jan. 2025
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Concerts are held on select nights during that period, following the park’s nightly Mardi Gras Parade, which will feature six new floats this year as well as the traditional bead tossing.Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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In reality, the lack of water flowing from hydrants highlights a problem within the city’s emergency infrastructure.Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the Biden administration concluded that some data of U.S. users would still flow to China and ByteDance would still be able to exert control over TikTok’s operations in the U.S.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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The announcement of an accompanying short-film tie-in for an album tends to generate a yawn outside communities whose goal is boosting everything a favorite artist releases.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Obviously, the market response was a yawn, though the release highlighted the unquestionable success of the auto and home appliance trade-in consumer subsidy programs, which is why it will be expanded by scale and scope in 2025.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The dark spots drew together and welled like a droplet of sweat, then ran down her wrist and fell to the carpet.EW.com, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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The most efficient ways to milk cows invariably send a plume of milk droplets into the air—and sanitizing equipment is cumbersome.Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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His cultural cachet soon skyrocketed on social media, where hundreds of thousands of followers poured in on his accounts, and collaborators and creatives started coming to the table.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, merely nodding in the direction of France (from whence dry vermouth comes) while pouring gin, straight from the freezer, into a glass, also straight from the freezer, can suffice.Tony Sachs, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.Joe Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Some names have trickled out in the past two weeks, and the Pioneer Press can share a few more players MNUFC is legitimately connected with over the last month.Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
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Friends and neighbors who left town are trickling back home.Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Drip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drip. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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