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  • noun Plural form of seep.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seep.

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Examples

  • β€œHe hardly ever moves, but once in a while the notion seeps into his brain, usually in the dining area.”

    The Fat Lady Sang 2009

  • (One can only hope that shorthand term seeps into the culture.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • (One can only hope that shorthand term seeps into the culture.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • As word seeps out, rivals are often eager to find ways to profit-or at least avoid losses-from a competitor's misfortune.

    unknown title 2011

  • In fact, many of the deposits in the Gulf of Mexico were discovered by observing these oil seeps, which is why the hydrocarbon degraders are everywhere, waiting for their

    Latest Articles 2010

  • But Lubchenco said that tests had not ruled out the possibility that these were plankton, or the result of natural "seeps" expelling natural gas into the water.

    Effort to contain Gulf oil spill stalls with stuck saw 2010

  • But Lubchenco said that tests had not ruled out the possibility that these were plankton, or the result of natural "seeps" expelling natural gas into the water.

    Effort to contain Gulf oil spill stalls with stuck saw 2010

  • When you leave the job you try to take off the coat but sometimes you can ` t take it off and it kind of seeps into your psyche.

    CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2008 2008

  • You see what happens with tax reform, is most people don't pay attention -- it kind of seeps into the Washington atmosphere.

    CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2005 2005

  • The rain falls upon the leaves of the trees and the spears of the grass, or the thirsty plowed ground, soaks down into the soil and "seeps" or drains gradually into the streams and rivers, and down these into the lakes and oceans, to be again pumped up by the sun.

    A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896

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