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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

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, however, the concepts of individualism and self-sufficiency began to pervade U.S. culture and politics.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

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

Medical men and even the general public were becoming aware that the human environment was inhabited by an enormous number of microorganisms capable of causing disease, just as today carcinogens pervade our surroundings.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson