as in suffused
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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His narration is a constant pleasure — mournful, wry, and suffused with a world-weary poetry.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Framed as cranks more than reasonable critics, the #FSGOut contingent have penetrated rather than defined the conversation around Liverpool since FSG took control in late 2010.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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My bullet had penetrated the neck between the jugular and the bone, missing the spine by a fraction.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Percolated (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolated%20%28into%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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