as in penetrating
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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Epic Fury opened with the most exquisite tools available—stealth bombers, stealth fighters, electronic attack, cyberwar, long-range cruise missiles and penetrating munitions.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Geophysics experts caution that ground-penetrating radar typically only resolves features a few meters below the surface — not the depths Biondi’s theory requires.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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How much is the question of mass appeal, or tentpole culture, pervading publishing at the moment?—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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Man, if the vibe of the late Sixties and the early Seventies was the pervading spirit of the day, then let peace and love win!—
Jay Glennie,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Inflation was projected to ease, a trio of late-2025 interest rate cuts were permeating through the broader economy and the new tax law was expected to juice consumer spending and business investment.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
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PBHs have also been considered as a possible constituent of dark matter, the invisible matter permeating the universe that outweighs normal matter by a factor of about five.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Percolating (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolating%20%28into%29. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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