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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What else is going on A woman fired several shots into Rihanna’s Beverly Hills-area home on Sunday, and a round penetrated a wall of the mansion, police say.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026 -
One round penetrated the walls of the house.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
9 Mar. 2026
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Fredericksburg, Texas Located in the Texas Hill Country with a population just shy of 12,000, Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 by German immigrants—and that heritage suffuses the town's food, architecture, and culture today.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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For months, an uncanny sense of calm suffused the forest.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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That positivity permeated early in the season, when the Heat steamrolled to a 14-7 start, buoyed by the NBA’s most explosive offense.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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The majority of a tree’s roots grow horizontally in the top 4-15 inches of the soil to capture oxygen, which permeates from the surface of the soil.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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This image is a metaphor for the way imperial colonial power pervades every inch of American democracy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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Mitchell Arens’ cinematography simulates a fugue-like state that mirrors the vortex of grief that pervades through this heartrending film.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Percolate (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolate%20%28into%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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