pervasive
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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
They also spoke out against "pervasive, opaque and harmful industrial subsidies, market-distortive practices of state-owned enterprises, and all forms of forced technology transfer".
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
It is, of course, the pervasive smell of jet fuel.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Also, there was the powerful, extremely pervasive scent of raccoon.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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