porous
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The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ms. Cline creates a porous mental tapestry of frayed gaps and vivid imagery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The system combines improved heat transfer with porous graphite felt that can reach temperatures above 2,550 degrees Fahrenheit.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zhu, meanwhile, once labelled rogue bankers as "half-wits" and described the flood dykes lining the Yangtze River as "flimsy and porous as tofu dregs".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
I love you, Celia September 11, 1936 Gustavo, The baby is porous.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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