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In the heat and humidity of Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, that meant the shuttle stack would start to drip like a water bottle on a muggy day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

I’ve been seeing a steady drip of people sharing photos and videos of themselves on social media in butter-yellow bathrobes standing on a cylindrical 360-degree body scanner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

One can imagine a slow drip of consumer horror stories having a chilling effect on people’s interest in Muse-like apps.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Emma flinches as the milk floods her plate, then soaks the tablecloth and starts to drip on the new carpet.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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

Water that would fill 20 Olympic pools is pumped from the 140-year-old tunnel every day as saltwater from the River Severn constantly drips through its thick walls.

From BBC ● May 22, 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

The spa offers everything from traditional services such as massages and facials to biohacking, IV drips and energy work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

We breathe in our nebulizers, and do our IV drips, and mark off treatments and meds together in her app.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

He didn’t allow air conditioning in his office, so his traders dripped with sweat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

According to government research from 2023, almost half of online businesses it sampled used hidden or dripped fees.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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

The thing sighed and its voice dripped with even more condescension than it had before, which was kind of impressive.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

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

“Artists come here from all over the world to be part of it, and there’s so much music dripping out of the honeycomb of this town that I’m in it. I’m in it neck-deep.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 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

"The common area smelt of sewage, there was water dripping through the ceiling and there were public toilets out of action for the whole voyage," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Art film” is a bit of a dirty term, frequently offered with a sneer when discussing a work so dripping with pretension that even an Airblade wouldn’t be of any help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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