impervious
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From a tactical standpoint, the fort is unlikely to deter Hezbollah’s new crop of attack drones, which rely on fiber-optic cables and are impervious to jamming.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The cable makes the drone impervious to electronic jamming.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
In fact, Roger Pielke, a longtime climate scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, notes U.S. emissions have been remarkably impervious to presidential terms: relative to economic output, they have declined steadily for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
La Jolla Playhouse isn’t impervious to these headwinds, but Buchholz said that the theater is in a relatively healthy position.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
I move through the house like an armored beetle, impervious to Mrs. Grote’s sharp tongue, Harold’s whining, the cries of Gerald Jr., who will never in his life satisfy his aching need to be held.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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