impregnated

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Gardner played a slurring “Woman Who’s Aging Gracefully,” but it was Nwodim’s portrayal of Charlotte, a stingray who was mysteriously impregnated at a North Carolina aquarium, that won the segment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2024

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

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

“It all really comes down to silver being impregnated in the layers of your skin, and then eventually it gets sort of activated by sunlight to turn into a blue color.”

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024

Jeanette, a woman who says she was impregnated by a WHO doctor while working at an Ebola center in Butembo, said she was pressured into having an abortion, which nearly killed her.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2023

He left the dining room impregnated with the penetrating fragrance of rose water that she had sprinkled on his head so that she could follow his tracks through the house.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez