permeate
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I think this shift shows, first of all, how much culture really does permeate the Supreme Court.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
In our experience, some of this is because the Lake Wobegon effect tends to permeate the C-suite: Most every executive thinks their company is above average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
"And in other ways, sometimes something can permeate that you really didn't expect."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
“I think that’s the other component I failed to mention: My reach has been able to permeate the entire globe. Now I can bring that reach directly to the Sun Rose.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
They permeate the grain in wood, metal, and stone.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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Asia is hardest hit because the fuel permeates the region’s farming- and mining-dependent economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was all the more jarring because elsewhere Nordqvist had unmistakably fostered that famed European spirit which so often permeates through Solheim and Ryder Cup successes.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Do you think this slow deliberate start helped maintain the authenticity that permeates today?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
“We expect inflation to remain elevated in coming quarters as the surge in energy prices observed since the beginning of the Middle East conflict permeates U.K. prices more broadly,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
It permeates the world to a ridiculous degree.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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When Roden-Reynolds conducts tick surveys, he wears clothing permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Fiona Donohoe added that "answers of 'I don't know' and 'I can't recall' permeated the evidence heard at the inquest".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Social media has now permeated to the smallest towns in India, and has near ubiquity among young Indians," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 2018, Christian themes and symbols again permeated their collection.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Yet White knew that America’s judicial institutions, like its policing agencies, were permeated with corruption.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Footage on social media shows large plumes of smoke permeating through the streets of the village as sirens ring out.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Apple’s reach is permeating into the rest of the AI supply chain.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
There is a reflexive conspiratorial vibe permeating the culture.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
He knew immediately that he was alive, because of the searing pain permeating every cubic centimeter of his body.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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