penetrate
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“The Deep South might be wretched, but it can howl,” he writes in “Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter.”
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2010
Never, Jumala the mighty, Never let another mortal,390 Make his way to Mana's country, Penetrate to Tuoni's kingdom!
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
Penetrate the deep fringe of forest and morass on foot, however, and smiling prairies are found beyond, stretching to the horizon and cut up into prosperous farms.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
Penetrate, at certain hours, past the livid face of a human being who is engaged in reflection, and look behind, gaze into that soul, gaze into that obscurity.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
Penetrate 10 feet into one of these plots, which are always damp from much watering, and it takes little imagining to fancy yourself in an equatorial jungle.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard
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