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as in to insert
to put among or between others
I think that we can work in one more interview in the afternoon lineup
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Recent Examples of work in
His younger brother, Eliano, played for PEC for seven years (and, for good measure, used to work in the local Lidl supermarket) before leaving last month.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
In particular, Black actresses working in the 1970s benefited from the trail Hartman helped blaze.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
The changeup, a work in progress throughout the season, didn’t help him.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
There’s also Ronnie Dale Braden, an Army veteran who has worked in multiple industries, and Joe Reid, a businessman based in the 12,000-plus city of Crossville, Tennessee.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
In particular, Black actresses working in the 1970s benefited from the trail Hartman helped blaze.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
The changeup, a work in progress throughout the season, didn’t help him.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
There’s also Ronnie Dale Braden, an Army veteran who has worked in multiple industries, and Joe Reid, a businessman based in the 12,000-plus city of Crossville, Tennessee.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work in
Verb
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Martin Suarez is the only deep-undercover FBI agent in history to have infiltrated a Colombian drug cartel.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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The training introduces the concepts used in stream team monitoring such as hydrology, natural and human impact on streams and monitoring methods.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Punk introduced himself as AJ Lee’s husband.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But Donaggio prefers to worm his way into your brain — and into the deepest pit of fears in your stomach.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 Aug. 2025
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Last month, hackers wormed their way into Tea and accessed sensitive user data; 70,000 user images and more than 1 million private messages reportedly were leaked, including communications about abortions, users’ driver’s-license photos, and phone numbers that had been shared in private messages.—
Albert Fox Cahn,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
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Andrés Giménez was put on earth to cause misery to major league hitters looking to sneak ground balls through the infield.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Her previous instructor, Ramon Morones, used to sneak her into folklorico classes at San Jose City College.—
Iris Sanchez,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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What could have been a transformative meditation on mourning too often slips into surface-level spectacle, leaving the audience to piece together meaning from a scattershot collage of influences.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The attempt was tipped and brought in by Locke, who slipped loose into the secondary before taking off for a 64-yard touchdown reception.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the steep and rugged terrain along the winding road slowed down progress, requiring a careful and methodical approach.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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After forcing the turnover on downs, the Panthers put together a drive that wound the clock down to 19 seconds and gave Haverhill 81 yards to go in that time.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Work in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20in. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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