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are percolating

  • present progressive
    of percolate.
    percolate
    verb (used with object)
    to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.

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Concerns about a slowing job market, the financial health of lower-income households and potential asset bubbles are percolating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

Mr. LiMandri said about a dozen such lawsuits are percolating nationwide and predicted that “we’re going to see more and more of these cases.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

“There are ideas that are percolating in Washington that may not have gotten to the rest of the country. We’re going to try to bring art related to those ideas,” he continued.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022

I have courses for the entire Microsoft suite going on right now that are percolating.

From The Verge ● Nov. 30, 2021

Soon the bubbles of the grape are percolating through his arteries and soon the "Grosse Rosinen" waltzes have mellowed his conscience and soon....

From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton