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King also took aim at staff who have been leaking stories about the network, saying that people should be able to have candid conversations without the details ending up in other news outlets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The high prices for group games and the final have been leaking out on Thursday as Fifa informs national associations of their allocations.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

On this particular day, a home in Des Moines is being repiped because the old water pipes have been leaking.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023

Despite hours of signals that their 17.3-mile oil pipeline may have been leaking, the companies continued to negligently pump crude oil into the waters off Huntington Beach, according to county and state prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023

If your flues have been leaking badly, and you have expanded them, it would be well to test your boiler with cold water pressure to make sure that you have a good job.

From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.