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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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The cold, bottom water that percolates down into the cracks in the ocean crust carries its own complement of chemicals.
through
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The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level.
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Occasional evidence of this percolates through into the newspapers and, now and again, the law reports.
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Leaking oil and spilled water around the wellhead percolates through to the groundwater, carrying pollutants.
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The rocks or stones at the pool boundary retain the bog-garden soil yet allow water to percolate through from the pool.
■ NOUN
water
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The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level.
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Through a stroke of geologic good fortune, hydrothermal water percolates up through the landscape and feeds into the Colorado.
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Leaking oil and spilled water around the wellhead percolates through to the groundwater, carrying pollutants.
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The tide was down, the water percolated softly against the sea wall.
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The rocks or stones at the pool boundary retain the bog-garden soil yet allow water to percolate through from the pool.
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The cold, bottom water that percolates down into the cracks in the ocean crust carries its own complement of chemicals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ideas from these right-wing "think tanks" eventually percolated through into policy decisions.
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She already has an idea percolating for her next novel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As she grew up, a few of these technological marvels began to slowly percolate into the Dales.
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Demand for these skills has percolated throughout the curriculum.
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Democratic principles would, of course, take time to percolate through a population accustomed to autocracy.
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Like most ideas that ultimately take hold in Washington, this one has been percolating for a long time.
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Personnel changes have percolated right up to the boardroom.
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The stream bed below is normally dry as the water percolates through at a lower level.
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Through a stroke of geologic good fortune, hydrothermal water percolates up through the landscape and feeds into the Colorado.
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Whitewater, which for a season has dropped out of the headlines, continues to percolate beneath the surface.