inseminating

present participle of inseminate
as in breeding
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set the notion that their monarch ruled by divine right had been inseminated in the people for countless generations

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  • This will prevent mosquitoes from breeding in your yard.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Roland Emmerich became Hollywood’s king of disaster in the 1990s — mainly by cross-breeding the genre with alien and monster pictures, like Independence Day and Godzilla.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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  • The grass and roots can then be raked out after tilling the soil and before planting flowers.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After planting the seeds of a murder-for-hire plot, Kimball reported to the FBI that Ennis was planning to have witnesses killed, and shortly thereafter, was granted confidential informant status.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
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  • The two-hour surgery involved implanting a coin-sized chip beneath his skull, connected to over 1,000 electrodes that can read neural activity and translate it into digital commands.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
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“Inseminating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseminating. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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