perforate
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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
Po rif' e ra, the sponges, distinguished by the canals which perforate the body wall.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic
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