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During the last ice age, roughly between 12,000 and 20,000 years ago, rain falling on these areas could have percolated down into the subsurface, just as it does onshore today.

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2023

But that has not stopped people here and across Broome County from wrestling with a difficult question: How could such hate have percolated in one of their neighbors?

From New York Times • May 22, 2022

Complaints about mistreatment in the British Parliament have percolated for years, in part owing to the vast power asymmetry between lawmakers and the young staff members who surround them.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2018

Geological mapping suggests that seawater may have percolated several kilometres deep at Atlantis Bank, triggering chemical reactions that turn the rock into a type known as serpentinite.

From Nature • Nov. 30, 2015

It is a hopeful sign, perhaps, that certain of the plays in this volume have percolated into the varieties!

From Washington Square Plays by Various