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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

“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 cytotrophoblast cells perforate the chorionic villi, burrow farther into the endometrium, and remodel maternal blood vessels to augment maternal blood flow surrounding the villi.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The 2nd or 1851 issue, as it is called in the circular, actually consisted of two series, the imperforate and perforate.

From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by John Kerr Tiffany

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

This comb generally perforates so evenly that there is no clashing of the perforations where the lines meet.

From Gambia by Frederick John Melville

A sheet of perforated metal sits at a jaunty angle atop a trio of differently sized pillars, while a T-shaped bar rests above it, defying gravity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

He was a security guard based at South Quay Docklands at the time of the explosion in February 1996, which blew him off his feet and perforated his ear drums.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

Most of it is extremely low-lying and perforated by tidal canals.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

There’s the cathedral with its perforated spire, and the bulky old Chateau de Saint-Malo, and row after row of seaside mansions studded with chimneys.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Her son, Hubertus von Hohenlohe, said she died after breaking her ribs and perforating her lungs in a domestic accident.

From New York Times ● Mar. 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

While stationed in Liverpool as a Royal Air Force physical training instructor, a doodlebug landed near Max, perforating his eardrums and leading to a spell laid up in hospital.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2019

He said Essure carries some serious risks, such as perforating the uterus or Fallopian tubes if it is implanted improperly.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2015

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

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand