infiltrate
Example Sentences
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Trees have less dramatic ways to screw up your day: Their roots can infiltrate cracks in septic or sewage pipes, blocking the system and wreaking expensive, smelly havoc.
According to Uson, the tumor's ability to infiltrate surrounding tissue is a major reason for the poor outlook faced by many patients.
From Science Daily
Handwritten notes on “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” illustrate how he drew on his espionage experience to create the fictional Soviet spymaster Karla, detailing tactics for disguising undercover work and infiltrating British intelligence as a mole.
He drank tall glasses of orange juice in seedy dives as he infiltrated an underworld of bank-robbing clowns and bird-obsessed mobsters.
From Salon
It argues any restrictions are designed to stop Hamas infiltrating and exploiting relief efforts.
From BBC
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