Example Sentences

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Even before plunging to the ocean’s depths, the vessel had been leaking heavy fuel that triggered an 18-mile oil slick through the waterway, which is critical for cargo and energy shipments heading to Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Vardy unsuccessfully sued Rooney at the High Court last year for claiming to have deduced that Vardy had been leaking stories about her to the press.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

The executive said that from 300-330 liters per second of water that had been leaking into the mine initially, the level has dropped to 10-30 liters per second due to sealing work.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

Someone else described a ceiling that had been leaking for years.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2021

I typed “www.njclarion.com.” They were running what I had been leaking since the night before, the two emails Arachnomorph sent to Marks, the ones I had scooped from that poorly guarded brandywine_hollows_hs.nj.edu server.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin