pervasive
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“The bottom line is that this has been a pervasive problem, it remains a pervasive problem,” Garcia said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
But perhaps the most pervasive problem is the speed at which people fly down the road, he said, recalling trucks racing each other and kids doing wheelies on dirt bikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Misuse of therapy speak, or the casual use of clinical psychology terms, is a pervasive problem, and one that therapists note actually shuts down communication, as opposed to improving it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The idea that nearly everyone born on the land became a citizen was so pervasive as to have a name: jus soli, or “the right of the soil.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He knew that cultural legacies matter—that they are powerful and pervasive and that they persist, long after their original usefulness has passed.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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