This refuse percolated down into the aquifers, which were also threatened by the increasing number of cesspools in the city. |
Then we learnt how coffee was harvested, roasted, percolated, espressed and consumed. |
Despite the fact that tourism countrywide was down as much as 50 percent, the Khumbu still percolated with activity. |
He recently dug a trench that revealed high levels of magnesium and sulfur, suggesting water once percolated through the soil and evaporated leaving salts. |
Many of the ship's complement were adventurers from noble families, and jewellery and coins, mainly gold, percolated to the bottom of the shingle-filled gullies. |
Over time, the saved water percolated upward through capillary action toward plants' thirsty roots. |