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trickle

[trik-uhl] / ˈtrɪk əl /


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However, these releases slowed to a trickle in April after Rodriguez said the scheme was "coming to an end".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Yosemite Falls is dry and Vernal, Nevada and Bridalveil falls are usually down to a trickle in September.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Yet when it comes to the ways AI is filtering into Americans’ jobs, many workers are looking at a trickle so far, rather than a flood.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Overall, earnings at the U.A.E. producer of natural gas tumbled after shipping through the vital Strait of Hormuz slowed to a trickle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The flood of inquiries would slow to a trickle.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Their influence trickles down to fans in other ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Oil prices would likely need to remain lower for a longer stretch of time before it trickles down to retail prices, which tend to fall much more slowly than they rise.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

All this sincerity trickles down to the performances, too.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

And so you have to have a leader that is a true believer, so that sort of mentality trickles down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

In trickles, in rivulets, and finally in floods the water poured off the land into the streams.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Details about what’s in the new trade deal have trickled out.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

That White House staffers apparently felt comfortable anonymously attacking Holmes in personal terms suggests that the impulse has trickled down too.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The crowd, which leaned younger in part because the event allowed attendees 18 and older, trickled in around 7 p.m., and by 9 p.m., the party was in full swing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Residents trickled in, bringing pets and helping the elderly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

As the results trickled in from different states in December, Adams threw several tantrums that required Abigail to nurse him back to composure.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Auen and Walker delight in trickling real historical information — the result of painstaking research they both conducted studying the Chronovisor — through the film at a slow but steady, always compelling pace.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Details are still trickling out, but here’s what we know.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The money starts compounding immediately instead of trickling in over the five years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The bubbly 28-year-old sits on the porch of a bungalow at the temple complex and says hello to the other women, who start trickling into the room.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“It’s the jumbo, three-hour size,” he said as the sand started trickling down.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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