impervious
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But, in the past, the Olympics chairman has suggested his organization will be impervious to political changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Though yields have climbed and the Fed has already raised rates once, economic growth has stayed resilient—fueled by historic spending on artificial-intelligence infrastructure by tech companies that seem impervious to rising borrowing costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
It “addresses the effects of concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces that cover the urban landscape in these two watersheds, to protect water quality in the creeks, rivers and beaches downstream,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But is Collins impervious to national trends, as the story goes?
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Colonists in Jamestown taunted the Powhatan in 1607 with a target they believed impervious to an arrow shot.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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