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as in to infuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop
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as in to penetrate
to spread throughout
a living room suffused with warm sunlight
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Recent Examples of suffuse
The experiment might sound sentimental, but Chakraborty, the production’s secret weapon, maintains a scientific restraint, albeit one suffused with maternal anguish.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
As the first show without late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart since 1974, the kick-off was suffused with nearly overwhelming emotion, both onstage and off.
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Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
That essay, written in 1940 — the same year Native Son was published — is suffused with profound hopelessness for what was indeed to come.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
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Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
As the first show without late drummer/lyricist Neil Peart since 1974, the kick-off was suffused with nearly overwhelming emotion, both onstage and off.
—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
That essay, written in 1940 — the same year Native Son was published — is suffused with profound hopelessness for what was indeed to come.
—
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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Born and raised in Miami, Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli’s career has centered around the city’s culinary identity, most notably through infusing his own heritage—Argentine and Italian—in his dishes.
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Looking even further ahead, Nike’s men’s Paris Fashion Week spring 2027 previews included a new version of its Air Max Goadome Low boot infused with Foamposite material.
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Education officials visited the company’s headquarters to see how the product worked and found that bullets did not penetrate the glass.
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Israel has a long track record of targeting senior Iranian military officers and government officials and successfully penetrating the Iranian regime’s security.
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The space will also be imbued with Emirates signature scent, which has notes of bergamot, citrus, and soft wood.
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Then there’s the mythic highway – a cultural icon imbued with nostalgia for a specific, 20th-century idea of romance, adventure, freedom and the American West.
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Excellence in sport is merely a glimpse into the resolve, grit, and talent pervading communities across the continent.
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But Klug wasn’t sure any individual Democrat could outrun the negative perception that pervades a state where the party has floundered of late.
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Rather than designing a luxury escape filled with domestic gadgets, the architects have shaped a home that encourages slowing down and reconnecting with nature.
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Through the risk of lightning, sticky humidity and a winding line filled with thousands of chanting fans, Argentine fans flooded Bayfront Park with a sea of blue jerseys.
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Whatever juju, imagined or self-made, permeating throughout the Braves’ roster over the last few weeks was exorcised Wednesday.
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Advertisement The captain’s drive has permeated to the entire team.
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Comcast also recognized value in theme parks and invested heavily, building Universal Studios as a formidable rival to Disney.
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Companies that heavily invested in artificial intelligence hired more workers than those that invested little, new research suggests, challenging the narrative that large-scale adoption of the technology would lead to job losses.
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Teaching religion at two Catholic high schools before and after law school, my job was to inculcate Roman Catholic values in my students.
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We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue.
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