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drip

[drip] / drɪp /


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"They were really spooky, all you could hear was drip, drip, drip. There were no lights."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Prominent tech bull Cathie Wood took the opportunity to buy the drip.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

Dylan’s drip isn’t the only thing putting him into the viral bloodstream of the internet.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Images of the fashion scion’s arrest in handcuffs and the steady drip of leaks from the police investigation have led to “a kind of unbearable premature social condemnation,” his lawyers said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Me with an IV drip in my arm, the bag bursting with butterflies of different shapes and colors and sizes.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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

At Johnson Camp, ore is coated with bacteria and acid and heaped into a pile, where the copper drips out and into a facility where the metal is plated onto ready-to-use cathodes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

Supplements, including pills, powders, tinctures and IV drips, are not subject to Food and Drug Administration approval, which means they are not reviewed for safety or effectiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

Black tar bubbles out from the cracks and grooves and drips down into the grass and sinks into the earth.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

The CMA said it would examine whether the mandatory family seat fee is "dripped" during the booking process and whether consumers are presented with the total price that they will pay.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Numbing spray dripped onto the back of my tongue, its bitter flavor making me want to gag.

From Slate Apr. 18, 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 Bull, Charles Livingston

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 Masefield, John

"Subconsciously, I didn't want to have natto just dripping from my beard," he said, laughing.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Pollock gained international fame for holding his brush above his canvases to create swirling, dripping abstracts, and a 11-foot-wide version, “Number 7A, 1948,” was the largest example of his signature style in private hands.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

If you’re lucky, not too much of the medicine will wind up dripping down your adorable creature’s chin.

From Slate May 17, 2026

There were echoing sounds in the tunnel as well as the sound of splashing and dripping water as the team made their way through the dark environment with the aid of torch lights,

From BBC May 15, 2026

The three of them quickly climb the stairs to see me, dripping wet, pushing back against the akrafena’s strikes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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