penetrate

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The modular low-cost architecture platform enables multi-product development to penetrate the market for electric scooters priced below INR125,000 and build scale, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The turbidites where they were found had been deposited at depths of at least 180 meters, far too deep for sunlight to penetrate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

That has allowed the U.S. to establish “localized air superiority across the southern flank of the Iranian coast and penetrate their defenses with overwhelming precision and firepower,” Caine said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

A powerful drill is used to penetrate the frozen ground to bury training anti-tank mines, which were never banned.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

European microorganisms were slow to penetrate the Yucatan Peninsula, where most of the Maya polities were too small to readily play off against each other.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann