pervades

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But an air of sadness pervades the grand staircases and halls of the Rand Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Behind this though was another anxiety, one that pervades Cambodian history: that of being a smaller country surrounded by more powerful neighbours.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

And while Knox has the carefully chosen words of a practiced public speaker, Van Patten has a chillness that pervades.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

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

How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt