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Recent Examples of impregnated
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
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
That might still be enough, however, to give her the edge over June’s oldest daughter Helen (Toni Collette), a flighty new age breathing instructor who lives abroad and was recently impregnated by a random Greek stranger who knocks people up for fun and money.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
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
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
That might still be enough, however, to give her the edge over June’s oldest daughter Helen (Toni Collette), a flighty new age breathing instructor who lives abroad and was recently impregnated by a random Greek stranger who knocks people up for fun and money.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
However, this theory was later debunked when Edgar Patino, a married man who had impregnated Touma, was found to be her murderer, according to authorities.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnated
Adjective
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That biography took the form of a dark romance between the self-lacerating Louis and his fiercely loving but brutal maker, Lestat, filtered through the former’s brooding subjectivity.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Sisters Ellie, Lily and Powell Balkcom delivered a powerfully brooding, almost hauntingly beautiful cover of a cover that has come to serve as a cornerstone of their emerging neo-traditional sound.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Like everyone else, the partygoer soon realized that everything inside the tents had been soaked.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Champagne and beer soaked the floor, cigar smoke clung to the air and the Knicks finally celebrated a title generations of fans have longed to see.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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Brianna, who was 9 months pregnant at the time of the incident, gave birth four days before her arraignment, her attorney said, ClickonDetroit reported.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Bardem plays the sociopathic ex-convict, Max Cady, recently released after a 17-year stint for killing his pregnant wife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Verb
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And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Grounds are already saturated, leading to flooding in low-lying areas across parts of North Texas.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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The most common type is gestational surrogacy.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
9 Dec. 2025
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Other factors that have been associated with autism include premature birth, parents who are older at the time of conception, fever during pregnancy and metabolic disorders such as gestational diabetes.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then in September, floods drowned islanders living in Clarendon and submerged what was left of the banana harvest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Former Wheaton College football players Philip LoChirco (left) and Jalen Shaffer (right) drowned in Lake Michigan on June 13, 2026.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Ripe strawberries are pureed for the base, and more are macerated with vodka or tequila and folded in after churning.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
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Great on their own, over yogurt, or better yet, macerated and served over ice cream, in cakes and as the star of the strawberry shortcake, strawberries are completely craveable.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2026
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