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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  • When transiting this Mutable sign, the messenger planet is ready to come up for air (especially after penetrating through the surface in Scorpio) and jump headfirst into a world of new ideas and boundless possibilities.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Another theory posits that the wiggling of Alfvén waves, oscillations in the Sun’s magnetic field that penetrate into the corona and turn back on themselves, can also inject energy into the solar wind.
    ByHannah Richter, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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  • At the same time, on a story level, Shōgun was providing the kind of dynastic drama that has suffused recent Emmy favorites from Thrones to Succession to The Crown.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2024
  • For one thing, violent imagery suffuses even normal political rhetoric.
    Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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  • This claustrophobic series is permeated with a growing sense of dread and relies heavily on an excellent performance from Athie.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The college vote The anxiety and excitement preceding Election Day permeate the crisp fall air, but MSU students aren’t strangers to embracing the chill.
    Sarah Moore and Sophia Jundy, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
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  • Though younger voters are generally more left-leaning than older ones, the antiwar protests that pervaded college campuses this year demonstrated just how frustrated many young voters are with the Democratic establishment’s approach to the war in Gaza.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The concurrent exhibitions will honor the enduring Spanish influences that pervade The Palm Beaches, especially in Boca Raton, where the city's Spanish Colonial Revival aesthetic upholds the legacy of architect Addison Mizner.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

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“Percolate (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percolate%20%28into%29. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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