pervade
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Bell Labs, the legendary research-and-development organization, created foundational innovations like transistors that pervade the modern world.
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
“And I just don’t think it will be controlled. I think it will pervade the culture.”
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
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
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