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Mastick and her team opened 178 cans and carefully dissected the preserved fish, counting tiny parasitic worms known as anisakids embedded in the flesh.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

The UK is working with industry to "distribute air defence missiles to Gulf partners", which have faced waves of Iranian barrages in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes, and has embedded airspace specialists there, Starmer said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

A figurehead can only see things in front of the ship, and nothing within it, so Calliope can just guess at the way into the forecastle, where her legs—if they exist—would be embedded.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

“We have a few other agents embedded down there, including Napoleon. If they hear you’re in trouble, they’ll get to you. The hand sign is this...”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

To the right is a small office with a glass window that has inch-wide squares of thin wire embedded in it; inside, nurses sit at computers.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini