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pervade

[per-veyd] / pərˈveɪd /


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Its technologies not only pervade the modern world; they buttress the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

But with “Young Mothers,” the filmmakers pare back the desperate stakes that often pervade their movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Even in its earliest manifestations, there was a peculiar combination of grooving energy and inherent sadness in their music that would pervade their hitmaking efforts with Fleetwood Mac and beyond.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024

Speaking to the BBC on a break from work, she says images of bodies in Maui pervade her social media feeds.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023

Or the organic phosphates may interact with various drugs, or with synthetic materials, food additives — who can say what else of the infinite number of man-made substances that now pervade our world?

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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