Hints of the scandals Leaked out, and the Government played into the hands of its opponents by trying to conceal matters.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
The trouble is that when a man of that kind at last makes up his mind to use it he's quite likely to find that the power has gradually Leaked out of the bottle.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
But the truth of the matter never Leaked out; and at night, as soon as he guessed that all the world outside was in bed, Tiki-pu would mount one of his candles on a wooden stand and paint by the light of it, blinding himself over his task, till the dawn came and gave him a better and cheaper light to work by.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman