leaking

Definition of leakingnext
present participle of leak
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Verb
  • Right now, the source of the disruption in the airline industry is the President’s blundering rather than a financial meltdown that originated on Wall Street.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • Verizon never would have gotten the chance to buy Yahoo’s online operations if not for the company’s perpetual blundering under seven different CEOs in 16 years.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The fashion is already as glittering as ever, with jury member Demi Moore, along with fellow actors Jane Fonda and Maika Monroe all arriving for opening night dripping in sequins.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • Eating a cold slice of cantaloupe over a kitchen sink, its juices dripping down your forearms, is one of summer’s greatest pleasures.
    Janet McCracken, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The sprawling residence has eight bedrooms, each with a private bath and many spilling open to Aegean-facing patios.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
  • During Juneteenth weekend, the neighborhood feels less like a district and more like an open invitation — murals, pop-ups, and installations spilling into storefronts and sidewalks, with artists and visitors drifting in and out of shared space.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • As construction crews work on the final landscaping details around the 20-acre presidential center, the anticipation is seeping from the Obama Foundation's Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Mike Strautmanis.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Blotting helps pull stains up and out of the rug's surface, preventing them from seeping into the binding.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • As her lie begins to unravel, her hunger for validation spirals into something far darker, drawing a devastated father into a desperate search and exposing a culture more obsessed with spectacle than consequence.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Several towns split their votes between Lamont and Elliott, exposing a bitter divide within the state’s party over whether Connecticut should turn in a more progressive direction.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Skarsgård’s character James ejaculating at the beach after a sudden handjob by Mia Goth’s freewheeling Gabi.
    Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 May 2026
  • Fans were already trickling into their seats at Mohegan Sun Arena for the Connecticut Sun‘s game against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday night when news broke that the team’s relocation to Houston was finally official.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • The straight-talking Benatia, who became sporting director in January 2025 after previously working for the club in an advisory role, fit a similar mould.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
  • Riley was equally at ease when talking with the dentist, listening patiently as the man described his fancy new house in a gentrified area.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
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“Leaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leaking. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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