percolate (into)

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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  • Pros: Instant hydration and plump Cons: Pricey for the amount of product A dermatologist favorite, this product penetrates deep into the skin, increasing the skin’s hyaluronic acid levels, aiding in long-term hydration and plumping.
    Taryn Brooke, Glamour, 14 May 2025
  • Experts also note that India’s strikes successfully hit multiple targets in Pakistan – suggesting its missiles penetrated Pakistani air defenses, which are armed with Chinese surface-to-air missiles, including the long-range HQ-9B.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Kaunas: Where the Grand Duchy Endures As the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — one of Europe’s largest and most powerful nations during the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance — Kaunas is suffused with history.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Pak Bae The music of the indie rock band Japanese Breakfast is suffused with longing.
    Lindsay Totty, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • Instead of a blazing back alley permeated with the stench of garbage and plagued by rats, residents find a lush and usable green space, cooled by the shade of tall perimeter buildings and by heat-absorbing vegetation.
    Alicia Pederson, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
  • The #MeToo movement, in particular, has laid bare the culture of coercion and abuse that permeates every institution and created space for women to feel supported by online communities.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Here’s how: The value of the Higgs field that pervades all of space would have to increase—something physicists liken to rolling a boulder up a hill.
    Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
  • Fixing the flaws that pervade the current market is an opportunity that the 119th Congress should not let slip away.
    Wayne Winegarden, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Percolate (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolate%20%28into%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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