permeated

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But during an off-day workout, the club tried to rebound from that disappointment and reframe the downtrodden mindset that permeated the clubhouse after Game 5.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

"We're literally living in filth," said Rakotondrina on a tour permeated by the powerful stench of urine.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Class was becoming a theme that permeated both her fiction and non-fiction.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

As some heated rocks in the fire and others cracked and used stones to grind acorns into flour, the smell of burning oak logs permeated the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

The place, when I finally get taken around by Hildy, seems OK, although the corridors tend to be dark, noisy, and permeated with kitchen-waste smells.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich