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inject

[in-jekt] / ɪnˈdʒɛkt /


VERB
introduce into bloodstream by use of a needle
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Wakeley and Chambers both say that you don't need to lose your personal style when dressing for the office and you can still inject plenty of personality while following a dress code.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The performance, perhaps intending to inject a note of potential menace, plays up Ru’s anger at the expense of his hurt — and comes off as grating and utterly unsympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He held lengthy TED Talk-style briefings, dressed casually and engaged with journalists, trying to inject energy into Ukraine's war machine, four years into the Russian invasion.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

For Lilly and Novo Nordisk, anti-obesity pills are the next battleground for control of the market, an opportunity to capture people who didn’t want to inject themselves with shots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

And I listened as Rosemary told them that she would prefer to inject herself.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

The company’s sell-down at Simberi injects enough cash to fund the sulfide expansion while progressing the Touqyoy and 15-Mile Hub growth projects, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

It also injects a bit of saliva, which contains anticoagulants to prevent the host’s blood from clotting as the mosquito feeds.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

He consistently injects pace into his team's attack with his direct nature both with and without the ball.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

During the procedure, an interventional radiologist uses a thin catheter to reach the affected blood vessels and injects tiny particles that block blood flow to them.

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

The female Tiphia, finding a beetle grub in the soil, injects a paralyzing fluid and attaches a single egg to the undersurface of the grub.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Reporter Sara Ashley O’Brien: When I joined the Journal, in the fall of 2022, my first story looked at a little-known drug called Ozempic being injected by coastal elites to slim down.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

When the bacteria are injected systemically, they are cleared from healthy tissues with abundant oxygen.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

He called on him to quit and injected further tales of alleged cruelty into the discussion.

From Slate Aug. 8, 2026

A few months ago, Pinchas Cohen learned of a thriving online trade in MOTS-c — a peptide that, when injected into mice, seems to mimic the effects of exercise.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Three times each day the nurses injected me, and about an hour after each injection they gave me a cup of sugary fruit juice and stood by, watching me drink it.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Most common by far is injecting the gel-like substance hyaluronic acid - the same key ingredient used in lip fillers.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

He entered the race in May, injecting uncertainty into a contest that had long appeared to be Hichilema's to lose.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

She also found that injecting activin into healthy, nonfused flatworms produced a similar inflammatory response.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The deception was for his benefit—he was withholding information because patients might have refused to participate in his study if they’d known what he was injecting.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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