foreign substance
Example Sentences
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Because EVs can be produced with materials largely found in a patient's own cells, the body is less likely to treat the particles as a foreign substance.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball last week following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand while pitching in a game at Dodger Stadium.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was ejected for having a foreign substance on his hand but the Dodgers still had offensive struggles in 5-3 loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
You know the pearls grow within the oysters, being composed of slimy secretions deposited around some foreign substance that enters them.
From Adrift on the Pacific A Boys [sic] Story of the Sea and its Perils by Edward Sylvester Ellis
