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Recent Examples of injected
So the firings of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the Ravens’ Harbaugh have injected some juice into a Giants search that previously threatened to cast as wide and arbitrary a net as last year’s ridiculous Jets process.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Patients injected themselves once a week to control blood sugar, but to make taking the drug easier, the company also developed a pill form, called Rybelsus, which the FDA approved in 2019.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Benzodiazepine that can be injected into the muscle to treat prolonged seizures.
—Tushara Surapaneni, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Bad losses to the Carolina Panthers and Cleveland Browns ultimately doomed the season while victories against the Buffalo Bills and, more recently, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers injected a sense of hope in yet another season without a playoff win.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Many AirSculpt patients opt to have fat that is removed from their stomachs or other places injected into their buttocks, often called a Brazilian butt lift.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
For comparison, a standard cup of coffee is 250 ml, so fill that cup a little less than half full, and imagine getting a single syringe of that injected into you.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
Eads ordered that a seizure-reducing medication be injected into his friend’s thigh and cradled his head after guiding him to the ground to prevent further injury from a fall on the concrete sidewalk.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The reason for this, The New York Times explains, is that less of the medication is absorbed orally versus when it’s injected.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
Patients injected themselves once a week to control blood sugar, but to make taking the drug easier, the company also developed a pill form, called Rybelsus, which the FDA approved in 2019.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
Benzodiazepine that can be injected into the muscle to treat prolonged seizures.
—Tushara Surapaneni, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Bad losses to the Carolina Panthers and Cleveland Browns ultimately doomed the season while victories against the Buffalo Bills and, more recently, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers injected a sense of hope in yet another season without a playoff win.
—Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
Many AirSculpt patients opt to have fat that is removed from their stomachs or other places injected into their buttocks, often called a Brazilian butt lift.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
For comparison, a standard cup of coffee is 250 ml, so fill that cup a little less than half full, and imagine getting a single syringe of that injected into you.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
Eads ordered that a seizure-reducing medication be injected into his friend’s thigh and cradled his head after guiding him to the ground to prevent further injury from a fall on the concrete sidewalk.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
The reason for this, The New York Times explains, is that less of the medication is absorbed orally versus when it’s injected.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injected
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The woman had catheters inserted in her about 30 times over the years, but never had an experience like the one with Miller, the prosecutor said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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The clerks inserted memory sticks from the tabulators with results from their local election into the laptop and a program transmitted them to the county through a dedicated, secured network.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Investments in controlling invasive species have led to a 75 percent reduction in the area overtaken by melaleuca, a particularly thirsty tree species introduced in the river of grass near the turn of the 20th century to help drain it.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Early in their relationship, Rusty introduced Andrea to the religious teachings of Woroniecki.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Injected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injected. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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