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Trickling down, it’s the teenager, the budding pitching prospect desperate to land his Division I scholarship, who is hurt the most.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

Trickling down to congregational level, ecumenism has notably relaxed sociological tension, created a national fad for visits to other people's churches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trickling back to work were 119,000 members of 16 unions that had idled the big Canadian Pacific and Canadian National rail roads, as well as five smaller lines.

From Time Magazine Archive

What does it mean by "Trickling through the grasses"?

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Trickling down the side of the bluff was also a little stream of fresh water.

From The White Chief of the Caffres by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)



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