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insert

[in-surt, in-surt] / ɪnˈsɜrt, ˈɪn sɜrt /


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And for the simplest possible showstopper, Frieda’s Hulas Ready-to-Drink Coconuts come peeled and prepped with a tool that lets you open them and insert a straw in seconds.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

The Chileans drilled holes allowing workers to insert a camera and pinpoint his location.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

It was decided to bury the objects rather than insert them in a statue.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

"Then, when you go to put it in your ear, pull on your ear lobe with the opposite hand to open up the ear canal, insert the earplug and let it fully expand."

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

I insert the key into the lock, praying it will fit.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Instead of spending the money on a pricey establishing shot of the car driving on the 101, Wain inserts a brief vintage clip of a ’70s-era taxi, humming along the road.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

And a Finnish project called Fold2 has explored using intricately folded cardboard to make packaging inserts designed to protect products during shipping.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

"This means that visual information about things happening in the outside world becomes less accessible to our consciousness. To fill this gap in the puzzle, our brain inserts fragments from memory -- it hallucinates."

From Science Daily Feb. 15, 2026

Bower also wore foam inserts under his arms to capture the gait and broad stance of the creature.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2025

She inserts the IV line into a port on my chest.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

He said he was fitted with a stent, which is a tube that is inserted into a narrowed or blocked artery to open it and allow blood to flow more freely.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Paz has broken through at Como under the guidance of Fabregas although, when Real Madrid sold him in 2024, they wisely inserted a buy-back clause that extends into 2027.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2026

Others have inserted him into imagined historical moments or fantastical scenarios.

From Salon Jun. 6, 2026

She inserted it into one of the strong manila envelopes that the Bureau used to mail clippings in.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The Minions also have trouble adapting, but Coffin demonstrates that by inserting them into the films of the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Intentional or not, no one could blame the 20-year-old for inserting an earnest request for audiences to proceed with kindness as she readies her debut album, which finally landed Friday.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

“Arm’s strategic move is less about catching up to the accelerator wave and more about inserting itself deeper into the architecture that governs how AI infrastructure actually runs.”

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

In one study from Goldman's lab at Oberlin, scientists examined a universal paralog family involved in inserting enzymes and other proteins into cell membranes.

From Science Daily Feb. 10, 2026

“Please,” I added, so sweetly, like a bullfighter inserting the final estoque.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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