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Permeating the struggle is an air of fear.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Permeating it was a sense of elation and relief, as though Karen’s eyes had just been opened to the possibilities of a relationship that didn’t hurt.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019

Permeating the deposit were tiny spheres of clay and glass, known as tektites, which formed as molten rock, ejected by the impact, showered from the sky.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2019

Permeating it all is a musician who's been pursuing a life in music since he was a middle-school kid introducing himself to new classmates by singing them a song.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2015

RATATOSKR, from the v. rata; to permeate; the last sylb. may be derived from G. tasche, a pocket or pouch; hence the Permeating Pouch?

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson