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Example sentences for: perking

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The Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , and USA Today all agree: the top story is Alan Greenspan's statement to a congressional committee that the U.S. economy is perking along so nicely that the Federal Reserve won't be raising interest rates any time real soon.
Coffee isn't ready to drink when it begins but when it finishes perking.