drip
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After surgery, every patient received paracetamol through an intravenous drip every 8 hours.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: See our guide to the best drip coffee machines for a better morning cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Trainline has been accused of drip pricing before.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Lee said her family, which uses water-saving drip irrigation, should be allowed to pump more to keep the farm going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tears drip from my chin, soaking the front of my shirt, but I don’t care.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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For your new owner, Angels fans, you get a proven winner and real estate developer — more on that in a second — whose very name drips with baseball history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
The zippered pocket in the bandanna holds up to 2 pounds of ice that drips out through tiny holes in the neoprene fabric as it melts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
The girl with curly blond hair hovered over me, smirking as she scraped drips off my chin with the spoon.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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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
A soft hand takes the place of the towels at my feet and calves while warm oils are simultaneously dripped onto my hair and massaged into my scalp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
Rain dripped steadily from the leaves of the maple tree.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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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
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
In testimonies from members, nurses reported how they had been left dripping in sweat from "head to toe" while seeing patients.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Awww, Jimmy, Jimmy, I thought you wanted to be a pro coach,” Davis, voice dripping with disappointment, told him in 2004 when he learned Harbaugh was leaving his Raiders gig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Not the most dramatic standalone final but one dripping with gripping narrative.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Sunday, U.S. striker Folarin Balogun had his red-card suspension revoked through a process that is shrouded in mystery but already dripping with controversy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Thank you, darling,” she said, drool dripping out of the crack that was her mouth.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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