permeate
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But you can’t permeate the culture if viewers refuse to watch the second episode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
I think this shift shows, first of all, how much culture really does permeate the Supreme Court.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
"And in other ways, sometimes something can permeate that you really didn't expect."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
"There may be some particular Canadian folklore that comes with it -- some of the values of the co-founders that are going to permeate," she said.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
They permeate the grain in wood, metal, and stone.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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The crusade to prevent skin-cancer deaths, Mr. Jacobsen argues, has fostered an absolutism about the risks of sunlight that permeates the media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Once Egg is unmasked, we come to understand why he’s so drawn to this enormous man whose gentle spirit permeates Claffey’s faultless performance.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Nacua aims to continue the recent streak of amplified success, which stems from the connection he has with Stafford and the “excitement” that permeates the Rams’ locker room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
Karp’s affinity for German philosophy permeates his mannerisms.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mark and his new friends cleared the entire fifteenth floor, but the rank stench still permeates the air.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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A big whiff of inflation also permeated the S&P report.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Eve’s prominent role in advertising demonstrates how the Judeo-Christian tradition permeated American culture, including the fashion industry.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Mazzara’s comments, she said, show how that tone has permeated all facets of the agency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
He is persuasive that “ideas about slavery permeated early-modern English culture,” and that the development of American slavery was not “a simple function of material interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The tree produced a cedar perfume that permeated their skin and clothes.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Apple’s reach is permeating into the rest of the AI supply chain.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
This technology is permeating our lives in ways beyond our awareness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Fourth Amendment exists, she writes, to protect “the privacies of life” and to guard against “too permeating police surveillance.”
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
He knew immediately that he was alive, because of the searing pain permeating every cubic centimeter of his body.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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