penetrative

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Martin said his side were in control early on, but many would argue otherwise given Genk's quick start and the penetrative runs of Zakaria El Ouahdi, in particular.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Unless there are recurring, penetrative rains in August, the family will sell half of its herd.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

Above all, alchemists strove to capture the fluid, penetrative properties of ‘mercury’.

From Nature • Apr. 28, 2020

The skin can be used to test the toxicity or irritation potential of a substance, and the penetrative qualities of active ingredients in products like cosmetics.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2019

But at length succeeding so that whenever it glanced towards his face it met his steady, stern, and penetrative gaze, an effect, in the discomposed expression of the creature, became soon observable.

From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William