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Recent Examples of injected
Her hospital bed was positioned with her feet elevated above her head for four days while doctors injected her with steroids to help speed her son’s lung growth.
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Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Meanwhile, the biogas itself contains large amounts of carbon dioxide – often around 35% to 40% – reducing its direct usefulness as a fuel and requiring additional upgrading before it can be injected into natural gas infrastructure as renewable natural gas.
—New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Skin-care treatments using peptides can be topical — meaning, applied to the skin — or injected or infused.
—Jane Yoo, EverydayHealth.com, 8 May 2026
He is later recruited into Project Rebirth, where he is transformed into a super-soldier after being injected with a serum designed to maximize human physical and mental abilities.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
An internal investigation by the Department of Human Services concluded that Moore, who was nonverbal, died after being restrained by staff for 13 minutes before being injected with medication.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026
Detective Richard Houseman told The New York Times that Vicious had injected the drug around midnight and suffered a brief seizure, but appeared to recover, at which point he was left alone.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The one-time therapy—which costs about $425,000 per eye—is injected under the retinas.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
After the prayers, the vet techs went behind the whale and injected it with a long syringe.
—Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Meanwhile, the biogas itself contains large amounts of carbon dioxide – often around 35% to 40% – reducing its direct usefulness as a fuel and requiring additional upgrading before it can be injected into natural gas infrastructure as renewable natural gas.
—New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Skin-care treatments using peptides can be topical — meaning, applied to the skin — or injected or infused.
—Jane Yoo, EverydayHealth.com, 8 May 2026
He is later recruited into Project Rebirth, where he is transformed into a super-soldier after being injected with a serum designed to maximize human physical and mental abilities.
—Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
An internal investigation by the Department of Human Services concluded that Moore, who was nonverbal, died after being restrained by staff for 13 minutes before being injected with medication.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026
Detective Richard Houseman told The New York Times that Vicious had injected the drug around midnight and suffered a brief seizure, but appeared to recover, at which point he was left alone.
—Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The one-time therapy—which costs about $425,000 per eye—is injected under the retinas.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
After the prayers, the vet techs went behind the whale and injected it with a long syringe.
—Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injected
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Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Environmentalists are rejecting California’s implementation of its landmark single-use plastic law taking, claiming regulators inserted loopholes favoring the plastic industry.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Chicken rice is a serious business in East and Southeast Asia, and the recipe at this prosaic storefront has a lineage that goes back to the celebrated version introduced in the 1970s at Chatterbox in Singapore.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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To raise awareness, this April, American outdoor brand Patagonia introduced a policy on Chinese e-commerce platforms requiring shoppers to pay 15 renminbi, or around $2, for their first item and 5 renminbi, or 70 cents, for each additional item at checkout.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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“Injected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injected. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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