insertion
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“Successful orbital insertion burn. Starship is in orbit,” Jake Berkowitz, a SpaceX propulsion engineer, said on the company’s livestream.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," Huot said.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," company spokesperson Dan Huot said, adding however that it was "within bounds" of a previously analyzed trajectory.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Misoprostol was initially approved by the FDA for stomach ulcers and is routinely prescribed off-label to induce labor, treat postpartum hemorrhage, and prepare the cervix for IUD insertion.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
Lunar-orbit insertion was the process of slowing down enough to be captured by the moon’s gravity, but not slow enough to crash into it.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
Many clinicians point to the paracervical block—a simple, targeted injection of a local anesthetic around the cervix—as a way to greatly reduce pain during IUD insertions.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
The centers are also adding nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for intrauterine device insertions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Fourth-year veterinarian student Alexandra Ponkey maneuvered the camera and the surgical tools through the insertions on the belly of a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Jackie.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
"While some cancer patients have deletions in certain genes, the vast majority of mutations that cancer patients have in their tumors also include point mutations or small insertions," Sanchez-Rivera says.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
By eight o’clock in the morning, the teams had begun their insertions.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
