insert
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They are currently trying to insert an amendment into the Railways Bill.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
But before I can insert them, a voice speaks to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
It was decided to bury the objects rather than insert them in a statue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
As originally taped, Jones took long pauses between letters, because the idea was to insert other elements between the letters.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The draft communique inserts previously unused language targeting "freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits" while separately calling for "unimpeded" passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
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 then there’s Stuf Storage, a start-up that inserts storage spaces into existing, and often very handsome, buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 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
She inserts the IV line into a port on my chest.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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While translating from Ottoman Turkish, an archivist substituted out the original owner and inserted Seit Shehu’s name instead, a court found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
China’s move came after a post on online forum Reddit last week alleged that Anthropic had secretly inserted code into the software to identify users who accessed it from China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Others have inserted him into imagined historical moments or fantastical scenarios.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Smearing the grease liberally on top of the third step, Foremole inserted the flat metal tip against the base of the fifth step.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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This led to a change in the rules, with the two competitions inserting reciprocal clauses in their regulations.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The bill, as drafted, would force companies “to break encryption by inserting back doors into their products – something Apple will never do,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 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
It was a tin globe of the world with a slit for inserting money.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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