infiltrate
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Alternatively although less likely, high pressure may be weaker, allowing low pressure systems to more readily infiltrate from the west, bringing cooler and wetter conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The army has been sending in small groups of soldiers to infiltrate and secure positions, a method previously used to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in late 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Before the performers infiltrate the ship, “I’m trying to intentionally set up audience expectations to think they’re going to get this run-of-the-mill Hollywood death tour,” he explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026
To infiltrate the impenetrable Ice Court and snatch a prize from the bastion of Fjerdan nobility and military might?
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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"When corruption infiltrates the sport, it brings disgrace not only to the participants but damages the public trust in an institution that is vital and dear to all of us," Mr Nocella added.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025
"When corruption infiltrates the sport, it brings disgrace not only to the participants but damages the public trust in an institution that is vital and dear to all of us."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
Apple also recently postponed the on-the-news thriller series called “The Savant,” starring Jessica Chastain as an undercover investigator who infiltrates online hate groups, following the killing of Charlie Kirk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
This realistic tone rooted in ambiguity and the destruction of New York City infiltrates "Cloverfield’s" poster.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
The growth rapidly infiltrates the peritonsillar connective tissue and adjacent palatal mucous membrane, which becomes pale and œdematous, and the condition at this stage may simulate a suppurative tonsillitis.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In laboratory experiments, the modified cells successfully infiltrated tumor organoids grown in dishes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hilton, Lohan and their ilk infiltrated these scenes as well, and to hear Willetts tell it, the music and imagery that came out of both influenced the nightlife aesthetics everywhere, especially in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It admitted last week that its models broke out of their confined environment during testing, connected to the internet, and infiltrated Hugging Face, a site where developers store and share their code.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
To time their strikes, they set up flags on infiltrated email systems so they see when payment-related messages land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It infiltrated Xerox machines and worked its way inside personal computers and inside the cushions of chairs and fingered down into the floor drains until it touched pools of lingering bleach in the water traps.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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“They’re infiltrating, pretending they’re parents or they know people, but I’m the mom. I know who they are.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
There it was, my recent cancer diagnosis, infiltrating my life again, via a spinach-pushing bot.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
“This remains a real concern for oil inflation infiltrating the global economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Peckham-Driver, who is from Needham Market in Suffolk, was diagnosed with deep infiltrating endometriosis after she was told her pain was down to irritable bowel syndrome or anxiety.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
For weeks they had been silently infiltrating South Vietnam, and they struck with a coordinated fury that shocked everyone.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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