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to put among or between others
injected one more comment into the body of the text
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Recent Examples of injects
Las Vegas injects Colorado River water directly into the aquifer using special wells, and has done so since the late 1980s.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Proponents raised health concerns about exposure to pollutants and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects water, chemicals and other substances underground to break through rocks to extract the minerals.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
That injects a level of risk into the companies’ contracts with its suppliers that ends up leading to higher prices, according to Doug Horton, Eversource’s vice president for rate and regulatory requirements.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
The playful, outfit-making detail immediately injects fun into any look and, when done well, can also be pretty chic.
—Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
As with anything involving high schoolers, Brian takes a seemingly low-stakes scenario and injects it with high-stakes emotion.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
This routine is a foundation and powder-puffed process that injects a cushiony boost of confidence into her performance.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside, 6 Mar. 2026
The restraining order injects fresh uncertainty into the race as candidates jockey for position and funding in the crucial weeks leading up to the ballot.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley injects her memories of these moments as well.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Proponents raised health concerns about exposure to pollutants and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which injects water, chemicals and other substances underground to break through rocks to extract the minerals.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
That injects a level of risk into the companies’ contracts with its suppliers that ends up leading to higher prices, according to Doug Horton, Eversource’s vice president for rate and regulatory requirements.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 17 Mar. 2026
The playful, outfit-making detail immediately injects fun into any look and, when done well, can also be pretty chic.
—Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
As with anything involving high schoolers, Brian takes a seemingly low-stakes scenario and injects it with high-stakes emotion.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
This routine is a foundation and powder-puffed process that injects a cushiony boost of confidence into her performance.
—Kayla Blanton, Outside, 6 Mar. 2026
The restraining order injects fresh uncertainty into the race as candidates jockey for position and funding in the crucial weeks leading up to the ballot.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Riley injects her memories of these moments as well.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injects
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The change added a room where prisoners are to be examined and prepped for either a standard peripheral IV, or a central line — a more invasive procedure that inserts into the internal jugular in the neck, a femoral vein in the upper thigh or a subclavian vein in the chest.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Catherine’s ignored handmaid, Nelly (Hong Chau), inserts herself into everyone’s drama out of pique.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Going Up is a series that introduces you to the need-to-know projects around the region.—
Erin Glynn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Mar. 2026
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This introduces a new layer of societal and political tension, as building the infrastructure needed for advanced AI systems may face resistance from communities concerned about environmental impact and energy consumption.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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DiMarco is a perfect fit as the besotted but fragile boy-man groom while Jason Leigh interjects hazy weirdness while Levine, Wilbusch, Birney, Crome and Fraser keep our suspicions about them on high.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the middle of the date, the FBI interjects and arrests the man, blowing up Athena’s cover.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Hecht, playing one of the hostages, adds her typically off-beat depth, and I was most amused by John Ortiz as the FBI agent with the standard G-man voice and personality to match.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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It’s spread out over a clutch of open-air bamboo pavilions which overlook the Ayung River (the sound of babbling water adds an extra layer of Zen to the treatments).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Templeton intersperses these pictures with fragments from her teen diaries.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
13 Dec. 2025
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Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Injects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injects. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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