penetrate
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They were developed by the Army to penetrate a steel helmet from a faraway distance.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
It’s visiting elements that can penetrate your soul and stay with you and inspire you or push buttons or make you angry or make you happy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Before they could penetrate Hugging Face’s defenses, the models needed a way onto the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It remains exposed to the undisturbed solar wind, allowing faster particles to penetrate farther into the lunar soil.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
When they’re denied a spot, their wails penetrate my skin like tiny needles.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
It’s rare anything penetrates the preternatural calm with which Watkins plays, but it was clear the superstar sophomore was pressing, in the throes of her worst slump yet at USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
By being forced to conceal their feminist values, she argues women are being stripped of their ability to fight against gender inequality, which penetrates workplaces, politics and public life.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
One study, conducted on participants who did a series of squats designed to make their quadriceps sore, suggested that moist heat penetrates deeper into tissue faster and works more quickly than dry heat.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
He likens the brain to a leaky bucket, where the water level is the amount of dye that penetrates it.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2024
It penetrates the heart and takes the warmth away.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
The contrast suggests that solar wind particles penetrated much farther into the far side regolith.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
As law, policy and regulation have penetrated deeper into every facet of life, the First Amendment right “to petition the government for the redress of grievances” has become of utmost importance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Anthropic’s Mythos penetrated the National Security Agency’s classified systems in hours.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It's even penetrated some of the moss cells.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
These were obviously questions that had never penetrated her skull.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Companies are boosting their usage of AI, with the technology now penetrating one in five U.S. businesses, per the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
The long-range Ukrainian drones now penetrating deep inside the country.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Nothing is more sublime than transitioning from Jimin’s penetrating vocals of “You know how we do!” on “2.0” directly to the deep reverberations of the ancient bell that soothe and reset.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Parkinson said he does not know when search with soil testing and ground penetrating radar will be done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
She asked early, she asked often, and she asked penetrating questions about the work.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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