- present tense form of pervade (3rd person singular).
pervades
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“The Aztec culture pervades Mexico City’s daily life today in a thousand subtle ways,” Romero says, passing me a bowl of roasted grasshoppers, a crunchy pre-Hispanic snack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Months after it was announced that the surge of immigration agents in Minnesota was coming to an end, fear still pervades parts of the US state.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Yet in the erasure of history, in the paralyzing censorship that pervades many parts of the world, we risk forgetting the lessons of the past.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
She sat on the patchy grass and grasped at the sense of melancholy that pervades the Fighting Oligarchy tour.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025
Guilt pervades me, I’ve been found out, but for what?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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