Example Sentences
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After the idea percolated up from Linda to Clay-and-Buck and then to Fox News, Trump thought it was a stroke of genius.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
The fight percolated predictably from there, rising in intensity, until Jessica Tarlov—the liberal punching bag on Fox’s The Five—broke things up.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
News of the possible sale had percolated since last year, as Starbucks’ business in China faltered.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
The amount of groundwater replenishment during the 2024 water year, while significant, was less than the 8.7 million acre-feet that percolated underground during the extremely wet 2023 water year, according to state estimates.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025
Even percolated black coffee wouldn’t keep you awake, if you were reading these.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
