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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But will this common sense prevail in an era suffused with division and mutual political loathing?—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025 -
The film certainly steers clear of Emmerichian overdrive, but it is suffused with hopelessness — on both an intimate and an epic scale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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The victim told her father that Bautista had penetrated her with his finger on two occasions, according to prosecutors.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Poland requested Article 4 consultations with NATO after Russian drones penetrated its airspace and that of Romania in separate incidents earlier this month.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
25 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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