Example Sentences

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“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

The 2022 midterm elections already are percolating with competitors, including Sam Peters, a conservative Republican now running in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.

From Washington Times • May 24, 2021

“Sometimes things are percolating all week long, and sometimes on Saturday morning I have no idea,” she said.

From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2020

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 Benton, Thomas H.