percolate

I’m learning that regenerating sometimes is just being quiet and letting ideas percolate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

That focus will likely prove key if the current rotation deepens over the summer months as bond yields rise and inflation pressure percolate.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

“The broader impact of high global oil prices has yet to percolate through retail inflation as pump fuel prices remain unchanged,” DBS’s economics team said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But other risks to stock-market stability continued to percolate.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026

It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

That lack of fear percolates through Ambiguous Desire, where every pang of doubt is offset by a moment of euphoria or beauty.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

“That sandy ground, when you put the water on it, it percolates into the groundwater and it recharges,” said Jeevan Muhar, chief executive officer of Arvin-Edison Water Storage District.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026

"It's very much a wait to see how the removal of the tariffs percolates through the supply chain," he added.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Liberation” percolates with lively humor, as when Lizzie introduces herself as a journalist who writes “obituaries and weddings—which in a way are the same thing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2025

My heart percolates and my hands begin to sweat.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The question has percolated for Walmart all year, fueled by its new digital shelf labels and a pair of patents—one to dynamically update prices online and another to recommend prices based on anticipated demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

After the idea percolated up from Linda to Clay-and-Buck and then to Fox News, Trump thought it was a stroke of genius.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2026

News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025

Even percolated black coffee wouldn’t keep you awake, if you were reading these.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

"We're not the only jurisdiction that's facing that ageing-related crisis, because similar issues are percolating in Australia and England," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Even in the film’s most convoluted moments, there’s a fire of dissent percolating just beneath its surface.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

To be sure, worries about the sustainability of the U.S. fiscal situation have been percolating for years.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

Its percolating low-end is one of the many great basslines on the record that engage the ear regardless of the setting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

The rain had finally eased, and the beginning of a blue day was percolating on the horizon.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs