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It had trickled down from the highest levels of the Sheriff’s Department to land in front of Morris at the Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau in May of that year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

The executive said "common prosperity" was no longer a concern only for central government-owned financial firms but had trickled down to state investment banks and become the "guiding spirit" for pay talks this year.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2022

“Again and again over the years, his ideas had trickled into the lifeblood of the city through the medium of calligraphy, percolating into its veins,” Ms. Lim writes in her new book.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2022

The Mommy and Me look was born, and before long it had trickled down to the ready-to-wear crowd.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2021

The news of Citra’s disappearance had trickled down to Rowan unofficially.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman