porous
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Congolese mining towns tend to be porous and migrant-heavy, rough, difficult places to live in some of the country’s roughest, most difficult areas, where there is plenty of reason to distrust outsiders.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
An additional complication is that the outbreak is taking place in a conflict zone, with a quarter of million people displaced from their homes and people moving across porous borders into neighbouring countries.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
As that happens, the porous rock temporarily locks up, slowing or stopping the rupture before it can continue spreading and becoming larger.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
They’re porous defensively and have a boring, predictable offense largely consisting of alternating one-on-one isolations between their “Big Three” most every trip down the court.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026
There aren’t any patterns on the wall; only the ceiling has porous tiles that could be fun to look at.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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