trickles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trickle
1
as in drips
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops trickled a little honey into her tea

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2
as in splashes
to flow in a broken irregular stream the brook trickled along the glade

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trickles

2 of 2

noun

plural of trickle
as in dribbles

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Recent Examples of trickles
Verb
The price increase trickles down to all goods sold across the economy. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Your main leaders have to embody what the business stands for because whatever happens at the top eventually trickles down to the customer. — Tiffany Loe, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Tokar said that figure represents money spent at places such as hotels, rental car counters and restaurants — essentially spending that trickles down beyond the airport’s boundaries. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026 But the desire trickles down because those faces are necessarily visually overrepresented. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 22 July 2026 The Iran war has resulted in a significant spike in fuel prices – roughly 27% over the year – which trickles down through the economy. — Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026 The impact trickles down to car owners. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 20 May 2026 This is one of several instances of emotional realism that pierce the film’s temporal veil — turning it, in theory, from a series of recollections into a more pressing and contemporary saga of how war trickles down and transforms the lives of young girls in fundamental ways. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026 Where exactly the funding trickles down to isn’t always known. — Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trickles
  1. drips
  2. splashes
  3. dribbles
  4. flows
  5. washes
  6. tears
  7. ripples
  8. bubbles
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  • Other new treatments that support guests on their personalised journeys include IV Therapy, with IV drips to enhance health and performance.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Explore See latest videos, charts and news The rocker, wearing a cap and aviator glasses, was joined with a full band and backing vocalists for a protest song that drips in fury and anger.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of drips
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  • In this photograph snapped by astronomer José Rodrigues, the Milky Way splashes across the night sky above two telescopes at ESO's La Silla Observatory.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Across the street, the Llano River splashes its way over limestone formations and into reed thickets.
    — Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of splashes
Noun
  • Neither of those movements were recorded as dribbles by Opta, but his final flourish past Rohl in the 64th minute did get classed as one.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The mission's science, then, has begun only in dribbles, while the bulk of its promise still lies ahead.
    — Meghan Bartels, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dribbles
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  • More than 99 percent of international data flows through submarine telecommunications cables, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Important information flows back to the people responsible for moving the relationship forward.
    — Karen Cochran, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of flows
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  • On the traditional-spa side, a JetPeel facial using Augustinus Bader products essentially pressure-washes my skin with nutrient-rich serums.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Continue reading … CREATOR'S REMORSE — TV legend Oprah washes her hands of any association with Dr Phil or Dr Oz.
    — , FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of washes
Noun
  • One of us would be chosen to recite the poem onstage—a kitsch performance, no doubt, so that an auditorium of adults would be moved to tears.
    — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The first days of testimony brought tears from witnesses, spectators and jurors, the 9th Street Journal reported.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of tears
Verb
  • Then the flesh inexplicably ripples around him, reminding us whose home this actually is.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
  • One of the more surreal responses to that experience is applause, which ripples through the audience of Paranormal Activity a beat after all the major scares, like rain settling in after a peal of thunder.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripples
Verb
  • The worst bubbles form in industries that offer little in the way of innovation and are financed mainly by debt.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Released three years after the similarly freewheeling Nekkuja, the album bubbles over with interdimensional ambition and zigzagging ideas, anchored by her ability to command bewildering expanses of melody and form.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
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