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The panic has percolated enough that political consultant and data guru Paul Mitchell set up a model predicting the likely makeup of the top two.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

But beneath the good-vibes image, locals say, a culture of protest and resentment toward authority has percolated at the 6,000-student campus.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

So far, he said, not much has percolated down to aquifers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

"We see that the impact of the rate hikes has percolated through the economy," he said.

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

It is driven through solid, but porous, red sandstone, through which the water has percolated in volumes during construction, at a level of about 30 feet below the bed of the river.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various