pervades

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“In the culture of fear that pervades the PLA, these new appointees may not give Xi the frank advice he needs,” Wuthnow said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

For years, researchers have been documenting the gender bias that pervades the profession.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The smell of fresh leather goods pervades the air.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

And while Knox has the carefully chosen words of a practiced public speaker, Van Patten has a chillness that pervades.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt