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edge in, fit (in or into), insert, insinuate, intercalate, interject, interpolate, interpose, intersperse, introduce, sandwich (in or between), work in
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Meanwhile, in the decimated lab, Bernard recovers somewhat after Elsie injects him with cortical fluid. — refinery29.com, "Westworld Season 2, Episode 4 Recap: "The Riddle Of The Sphinx"," 14 May 2018 To test the effect of combining it with opioids, Bilsky and colleagues have been dosing mice with SR 21502 and observing their behavior after injecting them with a chemical that induces morphine withdrawal. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "Building a Better Painkiller," 11 May 2018 According to a criminal complaint obtained by WBAY, police say Baxter was living with several juvenile runaways and injected them with methamphetamine daily in October. — Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, "Wisconsin woman injected teens with meth and forced man into prostitution, police say | Charlotte Observer," 2 May 2018 Known for his sometimes theatrical behavior, Traywick injected himself with an untested herpes treatment earlier this year before an audience at an Austin, Texas convention in February, according to the Mirror. — William Thornton, AL.com, "Biohacker CEO Aaron Traywick, Montevallo grad, found dead," 1 May 2018 The treatments, which cost each woman $5,000, involved harvesting stem cells from their body fat, separating them in a centrifuge, and injecting them into their eyes. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, "U.S. senator presses for answers about Sunrise-based stem cell clinic," 26 Apr. 2018 Consider a smart contact lens that is injected directly into the eyeball—a concept that has already been patented and is in active development. — Andrea M. Matwyshyn, WSJ, "The ‘Internet of Bodies’ Is Here. Are Courts and Regulators Ready?," 12 Nov. 2018 On December 7, 1982, the first execution by injection took place in Texas, killing Charles Brooks, Jr., who was injected with the drug cocktail. — Abdullah Shihipar, Teen Vogue, "Lethal Injection Drugs and the Death Penalty, Explained," 30 Oct. 2018 Clark was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. Wednesday — 21 minutes after a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital was injected in his body. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Texas inmate insists he didn't murder ex-roommate before execution: 'But, hey, whatever makes you happy'," 27 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'inject.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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