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percolate
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  • The rain had finally eased, and the beginning of a blue day was percolating on the horizon.†  (source)
  • Even percolated black coffee wouldn't keep you awake, if you were reading these.†  (source)
  • Every time I was with him now, my skin tickled and my brain buzzed and my blood romped around as if it were percolating.†  (source)
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  • He didn't refer to the subject again, but Abby herself sort of simmered and percolated all those weeks before Christmas.†  (source)
  • SCENT OF PERCOLATING COFFEE.†  (source)
  • Resistance was beginning to percolate even in the rural areas.†  (source)
  • It was not a green SS manual but, rather, a slate-blue Army quartermaster's manual with a title that all but engulfed the paper cover: Improved Methods of Measuring and Predicting Septic Tank Percolation Under Unfavorable Conditions of Soil and Climate.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • The bloodline was considered eccentric (one Dickman had set herself on fire) and rumours about the family often percolated across Colombo in hushed tones.†  (source)
  • All of Jasper's stories about newly created vampires had been percolating in my head since he'd explained his past.†  (source)
  • Nonetheless, Lincoln hears Stanton out, then lets his thoughts percolate.†  (source)
  • By midmorning the storm had abated, although a continuous drizzle still percolated through the mist.†  (source)
  • He shouldn't have neglected the cut for so long, the floor downstairs must be percolating with germs.†  (source)
  • Then we hit it with heavy power and burn some off, let it percolate, hit it again.†  (source)
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