come out
if something comes out, it becomes known
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To be, or to become known
get around
if news gets around, a lot of people hear it
leak out
to become known by the public
get out
if something secret gets out, a lot of people find out about it
appear
verb
if something new or different appears, it starts to exist or to be known about for the first time
circulate
verb
if information or ideas circulate, one person talks or writes about them to another, so that more and more people start to know about them
percolate
verb
if information or ideas percolate, they spread gradually and become known to more people
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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