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The state has also been a major oil and gas producer for more than a century, and authorities are well aware some 35,000 old, inactive oil and gas wells perforate the landscape.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022

Scopes can cause bleeding or even perforate the bowel, something that occurs in about one of every 2,500 procedures.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2021

So that the Americans outshot the Canadians, 45-23, is important because they know they can perforate the defense in the gold medal game.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2018

“The challenge for V.E.S. is to create a new spirit, to perforate the buildings of this campus. I hope that movement continues.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2017

The shoemaker needs a knife to cut the leather, another to scrape it, and an awl to perforate it before he can make shoes.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

At its deepest point, the cut perforates about 3 inches into the tree’s trunk.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

Complications include chronic pain and mesh erosion, where the device cuts through tissue and perforates organs.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022

Apollo 13 13: During Elon Musk’s maiden voyage, his ego becomes so big that it perforates the spaceship’s hull, necessitating a dangerous rescue.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018

“Putting all this extra stitching in one place, however, actually perforates the fabric so I spread out the reinforcement stitching, forming an ‘X’ at each stress point.” 

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2012

The one of these keys perforates the lower end of the first pump-rod, and the upper end of the second pump-rod which is held fast.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

Robyn Goldie died after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

Outside is a system of perforated, weathering steel panels, adding a layer of fire resistance while introducing shifting patterns of light and shadow throughout the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

I started doing research into really nerdy stuff, and the perforated walls you see in the dark corridors are shipping pallets.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

The walls were perforated with holes like buckshot.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

In Zachary's case it ended up perforating at 28 weeks which led to an emergency C-section.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024

The practice of perforating pipelines and storing oil in pools in the jungle is an environmental disaster, Reuters reported last year, after visiting clandestine refineries in Narino province.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023

But Borum noted that it’s not unusual for people with ulcers to be asymptomatic until they develop a complication, such as bleeding or perforating, as in Dingell’s case.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2021

I showed up at my HMO's ER with what turned out to be a flipped colon that was on its way to perforating and had ...

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2016

Modernity, led by the automobile, was perforating the frontier.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand