pervasive
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“I remember walking on set and there was a pervasive nervous energy. But we could feel when we got it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Hot pepper sauce in Caribbean cuisine is as pervasive as ketchup in the US.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
People are just afraid or they don’t want the hassle, and it is pervasive.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
To begin with, there’s its ingratiating style, leisurely but leavened with wit and chutzpah, as well as Fiedler’s pervasive disdain for the sentimental and ersatz.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The pervasive television, billboard, and Internet ads featured a lush green oasis, complete with palm trees and a pool of crystal blue water, surrounded on all sides by a vast barren desert.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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