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Male jewel beetles, having evolved to respond to the exciting sight, are known to mistake orange peels for potential mates and die in a fruitless attempt to impregnate them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

When the cow reached maturity, the team unsuccessfully attempted to impregnate her using standard artificial insemination techniques.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

In 2022, a federal court jury in Vermont awarded a woman $5.25 million from a doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate her during an artificial insemination procedure in 1977.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

Female sea horses utilize a protruding egg duct to essentially impregnate the male sea horse with her eggs, which he fertilizes and eventually births.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

In medicine boracic acid is used in solution to relieve itching, but its chief use is as a mild antiseptic to impregnate lint or cotton-wool.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

Some of the plot elements are similar: In Raising Gazorpazorp, Morty grapples with becoming a single father after he accidentally impregnates an alien robot.

From Time ● Jul. 27, 2017

When eaten, the cysts are destroyed by the digestive juices, and in two or three days the adult worm develops; the male impregnates the female and then dies.

From Time Magazine Archive

This forced feeding thoroughly impregnates the cotton in the fuel chamber of the lighter, minimizes evaporation, and yet permits Lyterlife to feed into the wick as readily as a liquid.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a subtle perfume it impregnates the soul of the child with ideas and impressions which it will carry through life.

From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly

The dew of night impregnates the atmosphere of this delightful summer's night with a delicate freshness.

From The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch by Eug?ne Sue

“The inmate Carroll impregnated is not one of the two victims in this case,” Assistant District Attorney Eric DuTemple said in an email this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The medical profession successfully argued for an exemption from the wet wipe ban, arguing that non-plastic wipes absorb too much of the detergents and disinfectants impregnated in them, with potential consequences for patient safety.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Bobby Moynihan popped in as the 70-something “Drunk Uncle” who impregnated her and begins to sob as he sings Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2025

The maggots arrived at her doctor’s office impregnated in a gauze pad.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2024

This woman’s Maltese poodle had been impregnated by the bull terrier from next door, a strange mix.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

In an Instagram preview to the interview that was posted this week, Tasha K’s edited caption read, “We never accused him of impregnating another woman.. it was only cheating‼️”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

Writing in a paper in 1772, the scientist Joseph Priestly described the process as "impregnating water with fixed air".

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022

“They go against an innocent creature, and why not against the person who impregnated her? Where is that person? He’s going to continue impregnating girls.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022

Extant, which premieres Wednesday night, tosses sci-fi films from 2001 to A.I. to Sunshine in a blender, and serves up a psychologically minded speculative smoothie, complete with impregnating aliens, emotional robots, and vast conspiracies.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2014

But it is better to apply myself to the task of thoroughly impregnating one point of space with my presence than henceforth to beat my wings vaguely all through infinitude.

From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson