permeated

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“De Gaulle’s thinking, by contrast, was permeated by a sense of the inevitable and by a melancholy, sometimes apocalyptic, belief that all human enterprises will fail sooner or later.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Huerta could not be reached by The Times for comment, but in recent interviews she’s described a culture that permeated the UFW in which women struggled to be heard and receive accolades for their work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

And that’s before the spot price of oil, which surged to about $120 per barrel Sunday before falling back to the mid-$90 level, has fully permeated prices at the pump.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

A strong smell of human faeces permeated the building.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Now it seemed to sink into her skin as thoroughly as it had permeated the fisherman.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer