impregnated

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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

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

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

In that suit, a couple — also represented by Wolf — claims that they wanted a male embryo but instead their gestational carrier was impregnated with a female embryo, according to City News Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

The AP published a notarized agreement between former WHO doctor Jean-Paul Ngandu and the woman he allegedly impregnated, in which he agreed to cover her health care costs and buy her land.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Both had elegant yellow cedar washboards, ash frames, Sitka-spruce gunnels, fore and after decking made of silk impregnated with varnish.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown