ingested
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Yuan said she’d dealt with years of chronic health issues and believed her dad’s death last September was due to some of the contaminated water he ingested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The coastguard said dogs could be attracted to the smell and might try to eat it - and if it was ingested it could cause a fatal reaction.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
This means only about 1% of the ingested drug is absorbed and able to exert its effects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Even a day later, contemplating this willfully nauseating work carries much the same sensation as having ingested a plate of bad clams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
When ingested by a foraging beetle grub they multiply prodigiously in its blood, causing it to turn an abnormally white color, hence the popular name, “milky disease.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
