as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness
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But what is good for Japanese producers has become a tougher market for Hollywood to penetrate.Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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Nah said that such an event could occur only if North Korean troops penetrate Ukrainian defensive lines and encounter South Korean personnel embedded with Ukrainian units.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
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For one thing, violent imagery suffuses even normal political rhetoric.Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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When a public figure sits across from a podcast host to embark on a purportedly shapeless, stream-of-consciousness chat suffused with crude jokes and senseless tangents, an odd alchemy occurs: the speakers begin to sound like pals bantering at a pre-game, with the listener as a silent confidant.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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This claustrophobic series is permeated with a growing sense of dread and relies heavily on an excellent performance from Athie.Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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The college vote The anxiety and excitement preceding Election Day permeate the crisp fall air, but MSU students aren’t strangers to embracing the chill.Sarah Moore and Sophia Jundy, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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Though younger voters are generally more left-leaning than older ones, the antiwar protests that pervaded college campuses this year demonstrated just how frustrated many young voters are with the Democratic establishment’s approach to the war in Gaza.Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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The concurrent exhibitions will honor the enduring Spanish influences that pervade The Palm Beaches, especially in Boca Raton, where the city's Spanish Colonial Revival aesthetic upholds the legacy of architect Addison Mizner.Natasha Gural, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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