as in to sneak
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way
over time, undercover agents infiltrated the crime ring and eventually busted their gambling racket
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Recent Examples of infiltrate
Read on to learn how this notoriously contagious microbe can infiltrate a home—and what actually kills norovirus on surfaces and hands.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
There was also a risk that the followers of Holocaust-denying alt-right figure Nick Fuentes — who famously dined with Trump in 2022 alongside Kanye West — would infiltrate the event and heckle Shapiro.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Microplastics Might Now Be Changing The Weather By Jesus Mesa
Politics Reporter
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Microplastics, tiny plastic fragments less than five millimeters in diameter, have infiltrated nearly every corner of modern life.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Once Feathers infiltrates their lives, Wallace and his faithful canine companion—along with some friends, like Chief Inspector Mackintosh (Peter Kay)—must then rally to thwart menacing villain’s plans.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
There was also a risk that the followers of Holocaust-denying alt-right figure Nick Fuentes — who famously dined with Trump in 2022 alongside Kanye West — would infiltrate the event and heckle Shapiro.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2025
Microplastics Might Now Be Changing The Weather By Jesus Mesa
Politics Reporter
8
Microplastics, tiny plastic fragments less than five millimeters in diameter, have infiltrated nearly every corner of modern life.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Once Feathers infiltrates their lives, Wallace and his faithful canine companion—along with some friends, like Chief Inspector Mackintosh (Peter Kay)—must then rally to thwart menacing villain’s plans.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infiltrate
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Sometimes, he's gotten invited to inaugural balls; other times, he's been able to sneak in.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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And with a personal training certification and a degree in kinesiology, a wellness focus often sneaks into many aspects of my personal and professional life.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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For context, the US intelligence community is currently reeling after discovering that hackers linked to the PRC wormed their way deep into US telecommunications infrastructure, potentially compromising things like phone calls and text messages.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
10 Jan. 2025
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The uncertainty, the instability, the danger that pervades his life worms off the page and into your brain.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
18 Dec. 2024
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At the hospital, surgeons inserted a shunt to control swelling in Manning's brain and tended to his many injuries.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Cover and cook on low 5 to 6 hours or on high 2 to 3 hours or until an instant read thermometer inserted in the middle of a chop registers 145°F.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Jan. 2025
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The 10-year slipped from a high near 4.8% back to 4.6% over a few days.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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In the quarter, Apple slipped to third place — with about a sixth of the market, according to a Counterpoint research featured by Bloomberg.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Rich Clarke, the bitcoin meetup group’s organizer, who works in real estate, told me.—
Charles Bethea,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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My land is made up of goldsmiths who worked in the time of the Egyptian pharaohs and of the first artists in the world in Chiribiquete.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Infiltrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infiltrate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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