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For some, it’s a last hurrah, the culmination of ideas that had been percolating for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

Still, Buehler revealed Tuesday that the idea of a midseason break had been percolating within the team recently — as the 29-year-old’s struggles persisted longer than he and the team had anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Low-level discomfort over some of the union’s methods had been percolating among some members even before the tentative agreement was signed on Sunday afternoon.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

It may have seemed as if the streaking pandemic had exploded swiftly, but it had been percolating for at least five years at the University of Maryland.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023

In London there was a certain well into which the liquid contents of a sewer had been percolating for months.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various