Example Sentences

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News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

The issue had percolated in the years since without further guidance from the high court until Ms. Smith’s case.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2023

In a recent essay, he asserted that tensions that had percolated throughout the papacy came to the surface during the lockdown, and won’t fade even after COVID-19 is tamed.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2020

What I knew of prepdom was the version that had percolated into the shopping centers and school hallways of the Midwest, thanks to “The Official Preppy Handbook.”

From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2019

Except that word of a crackdown had percolated through the Legion of Doom.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce