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foreign body

NOUN

stranger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien foreigner guest immigrant intruder newcomer outsider visitor

STRONG

drifter interloper migrant outlander squatter transient unknown wanderer

WEAK

incomer itinerant person migratory worker new arrival out-of-stater outcomer party crasher perfect stranger uninvited person unknown person

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen local national native

WEAK

acquaintance friend

Example Sentences

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He felt like he had a foreign body inside of him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

Four weeks after the bite, Mr Blake discovered a "foreign body" in his foot.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

"The immune cells realize there is a foreign body there, and they react by building a fibrotic capsule that surrounds the implant in an attempt to shield it off."

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

Now, however, with the foreign body in his spine, he is paralyzed from the neck down, except for his right arm.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2016

But once started, the flesh continued to coat the foreign body until it fell free in some tidal flurry or until the oyster was destroyed.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

foreign body

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