pervasive
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Hot pepper sauce in Caribbean cuisine is as pervasive as ketchup in the US.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
People are just afraid or they don’t want the hassle, and it is pervasive.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
AI’s pervasive presence makes it almost impossible to discern what is actually going on.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
They also spoke out against "pervasive, opaque and harmful industrial subsidies, market-distortive practices of state-owned enterprises, and all forms of forced technology transfer".
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
But people also turned inward to their private joys and tragedies to escape the pervasive fear and despondency.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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