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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
percolate .
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Examples
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It seemed to him that a word had percolated from the Laotian's thoughts and yet the mouth bore nothing.
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And for 20 years, the idea percolated that this was a book that I wanted to write.
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Evidently it was no less difficult for him to readjust his preconceived conclusions than it is for most human beings; but finally the idea percolated -- which it might never have done had he been a man, or I might qualify that statement by saying had he been some men.
Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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After his visit to Corning, the idea percolated for a while until McGregor figured out how a baseball history class might work.
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But the photographers 'flashes were short-lived as word percolated through that George Lee had just pulled up outside in a Fine Gael jeep with his new party leader,
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In any plant concoction such as percolated ‘tea’, there are 30-40,000 compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years to isolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were looking for.
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In any plant concoction such as percolated 'tea', there are 30-40,000 compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years to isolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were looking for.
Onkabetse HIV Awareness Campaign Megan 2008
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In any plant concoction such as percolated 'tea', there are 30-40,000 compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years to isolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were looking for.
SECS: HIV 101 University of Arizona Women's Resource Center Blog 2008
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In any plant concoction such as percolated 'tea', there are 30-40,000 compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years to isolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were looking for.
HIV Testing! University of Arizona Women's Resource Center Blog 2008
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In any plant concoction such as percolated 'tea', there are 30-40,000 compounds, whi ch would take the scientific community twenty years to isolate one particular ingredient if they knew what they were looking for.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You Anxious Black Woman 2008
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