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drip

[drip] / drɪp /


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Zuckerberg spoke alongside Wang at the same keynote address, wearing his new Hillsong pastor drip, the T-shirt this time emblazoned with the slogan “Building is my love language.”

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

After surgery, every patient received paracetamol through an intravenous drip every 8 hours.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Washburn makes music under the name of Goth Babe, releasing a steady drip of singles and one album, some 75 songs to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Official police figures in Greece would confirm very few details but there was a constant drip of information from the police union who did not seem to follow the same rules as their bosses.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

I remember I used to be afraid of needles, but with every blood draw and IV drip, that fear slowly drifted away.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

The vineyard has a system of piping spread across 1.85 hectares of the vines, which steadily drips water onto the ground around the plants' roots, and is turned on every few days.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

Christie's called Number 7A, 1948, which depicts black drips of paint with touches of red on a huge canvas spanning more than three metres, a key piece of art history.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Rain drips down the plane windows; I complete the “Ask and Trust” deck, which opens with a Dr. Becky video.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

In line for the merch booth, sweat drips down our backs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

I brought out as many pots and pans as I had and we laid them about to catch the drips, but soon there were more leaks than we had vessels....Fortunately,

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

His team hope this to be a pattern that becomes familiar – that ideas and plans are carefully dripped into the national conversation, taking shape and solidifying over time rather than appearing out of nowhere.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The clubhouse had a paint-chipped exterior and was even worse inside, where unused kitchen appliances dripped ooze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He tried to wipe it away with his sleeve, but he was too slow, and it dripped down onto his black shirt, joining a galaxy of white stains that looked like the night sky.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

That deficit quickly dripped away and Feller was a picture of shock as he realised he had won after his Swiss rival streaked through the finish line in second.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

Water dripped from his nose onto his T-shirt.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The night air was raw with the chill of thawing snow, and carried no sound but the soft tinkle of the sap as it dript swiftly into the birchen cups.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Charles Livingston Bull

Back to the town the swaying torches reeked, Within the green-striped tent the lights expired, The dew dript from the canvas where it leaked.

From King Cole by John Masefield

Look at those Watteau straps in the back, dripping with rhinestones and looping, swinging, amplifying the dynamics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

In her “wife school” series, Clark interviewed her new sister-in-law, Katie Voetberg, a prairie dress-clad podcast host and mother of six, about how to avoid being a “nagging wife” and a “constant dripping faucet.”

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

"I remember looking at my husband at one point, and he was just dripping with sweat, so everybody kept passing him tissues halfway through the service."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

I started to step into line beside him, water dripping from my hair, but he shook his head and looked back over his shoulder.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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