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
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was ejected from a May 16 game in Toronto for using a foreign substance on the mound and suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball the following day.
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023
He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023
Mets’ Max Scherzer was ejected while pitching against the Dodgers for having a foreign substance on his glove and a potential substance on his hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
The growth had been disturbed by some foreign substance, and the graining, instead of being as regular and even as a pattern woven by machinery, swept in irregular curves round the centre of the flaw.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
