permeate
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But you can’t permeate the culture if viewers refuse to watch the second episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
I think this shift shows, first of all, how much culture really does permeate the Supreme Court.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
"And in other ways, sometimes something can permeate that you really didn't expect."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
"There may be some particular Canadian folklore that comes with it -- some of the values of the co-founders that are going to permeate," she said.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
They permeate the grain in wood, metal, and stone.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A fittingly Gothic flavor permeates these tales, which feature hauntings, hatreds and furtive passions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The crusade to prevent skin-cancer deaths, Mr. Jacobsen argues, has fostered an absolutism about the risks of sunlight that permeates the media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
In an age of widespread digitization and innovation, where technology permeates nearly every aspect of daily life, food delivery apps flourish because they provide convenience.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026
The slow sandy light of dawn permeates the room.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Fiona Donohoe added that "answers of 'I don't know' and 'I can't recall' permeated the evidence heard at the inquest".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Social media has now permeated to the smallest towns in India, and has near ubiquity among young Indians," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The smell of sweat permeated the air as she ripped through several of her hits — including collaborations with Reysha Rami and German producer MCR-T.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Greenspan era saw incredible technological progress as the internet permeated ordinary life, much as artificial intelligence is doing now.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
There was an awed silence as the odor of freshly ground coffee permeated the theater.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Footage on social media shows large plumes of smoke permeating through the streets of the village as sirens ring out.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Apple’s reach is permeating into the rest of the AI supply chain.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Fourth Amendment exists, she writes, to protect “the privacies of life” and to guard against “too permeating police surveillance.”
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The stench of human waste, urine, rotting wounds, and strong rubbing alcohol surrounds me, permeating my clothes, skin, and hair.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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