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penetrate

[pen-i-treyt] / ˈpɛn ɪˌtreɪt /




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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

Penetrate the mass in idea, and you will see it composed of numberless irregular polyhedra bounded by surfaces of weak cohesion.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

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 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

Penetrate into those forests of America coeval with the world.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver




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