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leaking
  • present participle of leak.

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Leaking confidential documents may violate the judicial and American Bar Association’s rules of conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Leaking 42 points at home is unacceptable and a large part of that is down to loss of collisions," George added.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

Leaking gas bubbled up in the Baltic Sea for a third day after suspected explosions tore through undersea pipelines built by Russia and European partners to send natural gas to Europe.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2022

To backfill money lost to the road fund from the freeze on motor fuel taxes, officials took $140 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank fund.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

Leaking badly, she struggled northward at a slow rate till two in the afternoon of the 28th, when she was found and attacked by a Japanese destroyer flotilla.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard