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The state has also been a major oil and gas producer for more than a century, and authorities are well aware some 35,000 old, inactive oil and gas wells perforate the landscape.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2022

Scopes can cause bleeding or even perforate the bowel, something that occurs in about one of every 2,500 procedures.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 18, 2021

So that the Americans outshot the Canadians, 45-23, is important because they know they can perforate the defense in the gold medal game.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2018

“The challenge for V.E.S. is to create a new spirit, to perforate the buildings of this campus. I hope that movement continues.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2017

Allowing that they did perforate the ones found perf.

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Clifton Armstrong Howes

At its deepest point, the cut perforates about 3 inches into the tree’s trunk.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

Complications include chronic pain and mesh erosion, where the device cuts through tissue and perforates organs.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022

Apollo 13 13: During Elon Musk’s maiden voyage, his ego becomes so big that it perforates the spaceship’s hull, necessitating a dangerous rescue.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018

“Putting all this extra stitching in one place, however, actually perforates the fabric so I spread out the reinforcement stitching, forming an ‘X’ at each stress point.” 

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2012

If the pus perforates the joint capsule, there are signs of abscess or of diffuse suppuration in the cellular tissue.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

Starting at $42,480, the Autobahn trim adds lovely 19-inch alloy wheels wrapped with 235/35 summer performance tires; adaptive chassis control; head-up display; and heated/ventilated front seats wrapped in perforated leather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

A cousin to self-playing player pianos, photoplayers automatically play music read out of perforated piano rolls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Robyn Goldie died after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025

I started doing research into really nerdy stuff, and the perforated walls you see in the dark corridors are shipping pallets.”

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025

There’s the cathedral with its perforated spire, and the bulky old Chateau de Saint-Malo, and row after row of seaside mansions studded with chimneys.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The practice of perforating pipelines and storing oil in pools in the jungle is an environmental disaster, Reuters reported last year, after visiting clandestine refineries in Narino province.

From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023

The contemplative work features beads of water that emerge from, pool atop and are reabsorbed into pinholes perforating the floor.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

While stationed in Liverpool as a Royal Air Force physical training instructor, a doodlebug landed near Max, perforating his eardrums and leading to a spell laid up in hospital.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2019

He said Essure carries some serious risks, such as perforating the uterus or Fallopian tubes if it is implanted improperly.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2015

Modernity, led by the automobile, was perforating the frontier.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand