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Its technologies not only pervade the modern world; they buttress the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

But with “Young Mothers,” the filmmakers pare back the desperate stakes that often pervade their movies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

“And I just don’t think it will be controlled. I think it will pervade the culture.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

Guinea grass, molasses grass and buffelgrass, nonnative plants brought in for cattle grazing, now pervade the pasturelands and the former plantation fields — and were among the 18 invasive species identified by the U.S.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023

Or the organic phosphates may interact with various drugs, or with synthetic materials, food additives — who can say what else of the infinite number of man-made substances that now pervade our world?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

The smell of fresh leather goods pervades the air.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

But an air of sadness pervades the grand staircases and halls of the Rand Club.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

She sat on the patchy grass and grasped at the sense of melancholy that pervades the Fighting Oligarchy tour.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025

Though he settled in France, the quality that most pervades Chopin’s style is homesickness for his native Poland.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Already in Algiers ahead of the historic visit, the atmosphere of an imminent celebration pervaded the air, with walls repainted, roads repaved and green spaces adorned with plants and flowerpots.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

French-American author Lauren Elkin, who writes on art and culture, said a mythology pervaded that she was "this reclusive spinster that never left her house and lived at home with her cat making her paintings".

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

A similar style pervaded the June 14 “No Kings” nationwide protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Despite the corruption that pervaded his administration, Chávez presided over resource redistribution and significant reductions in poverty levels.

From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026

The huge generators were in motion and from the L-tubes came the low-pitched whir that pervaded the entire station.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Despite the danger and pervading sense of claustrophobia, Ukrainian soldiers have told their officers they often preferred this subterranean fighting to war above ground, where drones are a constant menace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But the office’s pervading atmosphere of hard work and quiet focus felt uncannily similar to its big-screen analog.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

In retrospect, its uncompromising litmus tests and chilly demeanor were real weaknesses, creating a pervading fear that any false step could expel one from good graces, and that a return trip was always, always treacherous.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

Like “Bridgerton,” our “Heated Rivalry” obsession is related to a hollow longing for connection pervading society right now.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

When, a week or so later, she woke up in pain, a sharp stinging on her side and a great, sickening nausea pervading her body, she panicked.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie