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Salt them the night before and leave them uncovered on a rack in the fridge, which gives the seasoning time to penetrate and helps the surface dry for a better crust.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

“It’s a sound that can penetrate concrete, that is extremely powerful and can be deeply disturbing,” Sanson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

At those depths, sunlight cannot penetrate, making it impossible for photosynthetic algae to survive.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

The British Skin Foundation says an SPF of 30 allows about 3% of UVB to penetrate the skin and SPF 50 about 2%.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

He was speaking confidentially, his voice just loud enough to penetrate the door.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

The image penetrates deeply into the galaxy's center, revealing a sharply bent, ribbon-like jet structure and providing clues about the plasma's composition and motion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025

He’s been drilling holes in the concrete walls with the large red contraption, which comes with a small attached vacuum that sucks up concrete dust as it penetrates the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025

By being forced to conceal their feminist values, she argues women are being stripped of their ability to fight against gender inequality, which penetrates workplaces, politics and public life.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025

Light barely penetrates a few meters below the surface, so satellites cannot see deeper seagrass patches.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024

People talk to me, and I nod along, but absolutely nothing penetrates.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

As law, policy and regulation have penetrated deeper into every facet of life, the First Amendment right “to petition the government for the redress of grievances” has become of utmost importance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Anthropic’s Mythos penetrated the National Security Agency’s classified systems in hours.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

According to the research team, the comet's upper layers likely shielded the methane ice until solar heating penetrated deeper into the icy interior.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

It's even penetrated some of the moss cells.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

There is, we are told, an infinite hierarchy of universes, so that an elementary particle, such as an electron, in our universe would, if penetrated, reveal itself to be an entire closed universe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Companies are boosting their usage of AI, with the technology now penetrating one in five U.S. businesses, per the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

The long-range Ukrainian drones now penetrating deep inside the country.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Nothing is more sublime than transitioning from Jimin’s penetrating vocals of “You know how we do!” on “2.0” directly to the deep reverberations of the ancient bell that soothe and reset.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Pappalardo’s “Boomtown,” alas, offers us no such penetrating insights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The deuton, however, had twice the heft of the proton but not the additional charge, so it should be better at penetrating a target’s electromagnetic field.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik