permeate
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Our Journal correspondent Yoko Kubota, who recently left the country after eight years, reflects on how a distrust of foreigners has come to permeate everyday life in China.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
These fields permeate every cubic centimeter of space and time.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
For years, scientists have warned that the risk of damaging floods is dramatically increased after intense wildfires, as rain struggles to permeate the burnt-out forest floor and flows encounter little resistance from the remaining vegetation.
From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025
“It’s going to permeate virtually every aspect of life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
Anyone who’s ever had a cat that’s not housebroken can imagine the smells, other than pepper and thyme, that permeate this house.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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