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Production designer Shayne Fox was given notice about the episode at the end of Season 3, “so it was percolating for a long time in my head,” she says, speaking from her office in Toronto.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

"When we got to Congress in 1995, our orientation prepared us for everything that was percolating in the body politic," Jackson said, referring to himself and Watkins.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2021

In early 2000, after a relaxation on the laws around music, the pop market opened up in Iran and, through the internet, underground music which was percolating behind closed doors began to spread out.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2020

“There was always a kind of ending that was unpleasant that was percolating under the surface of his songs,” Lyonne says, “even at their most upbeat and certainly at their darkest.”

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2019

The rain had finally eased, and the beginning of a blue day was percolating on the horizon.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs