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- noun Plural form of
trickle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
trickle .
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Examples
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Five Guys 'simple and folksy culture trickles from the top.
Fast-growing Five Guys burger chain sticks to basic, fresh food 2009
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When you think about what religion is teaching now about homosexuality, when you hear the pope say these gross things, "intrinsically evil, objectively disordered," when you see protestant leaders not ordaining and marry, the word trickles down.
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When you think about what religion is teaching now about homosexuality, when you hear the Pope say these gross things, intrinsically evil, objectively disordered, when you see Protestant leaders not ordaining and marrying, the word trickles down.
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We made our way down a declivity of, it may be, one hundred and fifty feet, surrounded by blocks of stone and rock, and remained lost in astonishment at finding ourselves in this gloomy subterranean palace, surrounded by the most extraordinary, gigantic, and mysterious forms, which it is scarcely possible to believe are the fantastic productions of the water which constantly trickles from the roof.
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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Even if you pay close attention, it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff, and by the time word trickles out about an interesting new play, its brief run may be over.
Sunday Reading 2008
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Some of them, even city workers, saying that it is just devastating as word trickles throughout the community that people, so many people, have lost their homes.
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A final word: when word trickles in this writer will convey word of New Year Celebrations across O'ahu,
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As the small group of senators working in committee on the stimulus package word trickles out on what is being cut.
respublica 2009
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Because Capitalism is based on individual greed, what we have seen time and time again, and no one should be surprised, is that wealth is created at the upper levels of society but little or no wealth "trickles" down.
Why is this what Capitalism looks like? John Storhm 2009
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Because Capitalism is based on individual greed, what we have seen time and time again, and no one should be surprised, is that wealth is created at the upper levels of society but little or no wealth "trickles" down.
Archive 2009-02-01 John Storhm 2009
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