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impregnated

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verb

past tense of impregnate

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Recent Examples of impregnated
Adjective
Autoclave technology takes pre-impregnated carbon-fiber shapes and then cures them under high pressure and temperature to deliver maximum structural rigidity and weight savings. Jerry Perez, The Drive, 4 June 2026 Ahead of the premiere, Fisher and Wigfield sat down to discuss this season’s evolving dynamics, including the surprising bond between Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) and Ginny, the woman Anne’s late husband cheated on her with, impregnated, and ultimately, left her for. Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Ask your vet about oral medications, impregnated collars, or topical treatments for pets. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
My favorite titles reveal that the land of love can be treacherous terrain—migration, murder, parental illness, a stranger impregnated. Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 Clothing impregnated with permethrin is another option. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2026 Now, as a parent to two small children myself, Margo’s choice stirred up a lot of feelings for me, especially because this exact narrative — a young, twenty-something woman decides to keep her baby after getting impregnated by a married professor — is also playing out on HBO’s Rooster. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 Dolores Huerta, 95, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Chavez, told the newspaper she was raped and impregnated twice by Chavez. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 Apollo Records ambient-house longplayer impregnated with weed smoke, working simultaneously from the intractable computer logic of vintage IDM and the loose rules of a jam session. Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 The cliffhanger of the previous season, which saw Lister impregnated by his female self from an alternate universe, is dismissed with a pre-episode text crawl parodying Star Wars, which irreverently moved way too fast to read. Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2026 Sgualdo’s feature debut tells the story of 15-year-old Emma, who’s impregnated after being raped. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Mar. 2026 We can be impregnated against our will. Paisley Currah, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Adjective
  • Though Hunt and Pacquin rightly won all the plaudits, Neill memorably played the brooding and jealous Alisdair.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
  • Drawn from the same writing sessions that produced Love Is Not Enough, released in February, Hum of Hurt is the darker and more brooding sibling.
    Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • The researchers then soaked the material in glycerol—a syrupy compound that acts as a plasticizer, making the mycelium softer and more flexible without killing it.
    Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • His shirt was soaked down below his collarbones, clingy and disgusting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Adjective
  • The remains of a 10-week pregnant young woman were identified last month as 15-year-old Cheryl Lynn Edwards, who went missing about 50 years earlier, according to nonprofit DNA Doe Project.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Older adults, pregnant women and young children face greater risks and should take particular care to avoid infection, Chin-Hong said.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
Verb
  • In an era saturated with opinion, that kind of historical context may be the most valuable thing historians have to offer.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Marketers like Rhys McKay, who previously saw success, now find audiences saturated and influencers less effective.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • Despite the long gestational period, the look felt fresh and full of élan.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The following week she was diagnosed with gestational hypertension.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Crump and Wells’ parents have rejected notions from law enforcement that the teenager drowned, launching their own investigation into his death, including the autopsy.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 22 July 2026
  • Authorities also said Jose Mario Pineda Dias, 33, and his wife, 28-year-old Marina Suyapa Regalado — also of Honduras — drowned, The Associated Press and USA Today reported.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Adjective
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a midwife assigned to every childbearing individual, regardless of the risk status of the pregnancy.
    DeAnna Taylor, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Many of them were young women, either pregnant or of childbearing age, when the bombs fell and have lived much of their lives under a heavy shadow of fear and stigma.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Top each with 3 tablespoons lemon curd and 3/4 cup macerated blackberries.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
  • From an acclaimed vineyard named for the shape of the hills behind it, their 2023 was macerated for 17 days and aged in 75 percent new French oak for 20 months.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 17 June 2026

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