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A well-known figure in the news in Rio, Moscatelli calls the capybaras by human names to sensitize humans to them.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

In patients with ATM alterations, which should sensitize tumors to ATR inhibitors, the ORR increased to 26.1%.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024

Others, like Odisha, have supplemented legal efforts by setting up memorials to victims at police stations in a bid to sensitize people.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2023

Francis did an about-face and apologized, and convened the presidents of every national bishops conference in 2019 to try to sensitize them to the importance of the issue for the church’s credibility.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2021

I spoke at local meetings and tried to sensitize people to the need to insist on accountability from law enforcement.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

In warmer months, people are more physically active, which sensitizes the body to the effects of insulin and improves glycemic control, he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023

“This sort of display sensitizes the public to issues that were originally hidden.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2021

“I suppose all the mythology sensitizes you, prepares you to be impressed, to feel awe.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2019

Capsaicin, because it sensitizes the central nervous system, is best for simulating chronic pain.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2018

Cancer may sometimes require the complementary action of two chemicals, one of which sensitizes the cell or tissue so that it may later, under the action of another or promoting agent, develop true malignancy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Testing showed that he had indeed been sensitized to alpha gal.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025

“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

The authors of these books regarded the fact that other people had become sensitized in their language use as at best a personal affront and at worst a conspiracy.

From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2025

A positive result signals the presence of IgE antibody, which "means you've become sensitized to the substance," he said, "but it doesn't mean you will manifest any allergic symptoms."

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023

I was pushed back in my couch with an acceleration of one half G, but it felt more like 3 Gs to my sensitized body.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

The findings also encourage the development of drugs that target ARID1A and related proteins as a way of sensitizing other tumors to immunotherapy.

From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024

The international community is trying to implement lessons from the Sahel by sensitizing people into not joining the jihadis, and organizing community dialogues with officials to foster trust.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

"I don’t know what the solution is, but I suspect that over sensitizing ppl to arbitrary characteristics like skin colour may be doing more harm than good," he continued.

From Fox News ● May 25, 2021

It includes additional pulmonary surfactant genes that the ray-finned fishes lack, as well as DNA for specifying five toes, connecting nerves to limb muscles, and for sensitizing the brain to react fast.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 10, 2021

Turning his back on the affluent trappings of Duke, Farmer began sensitizing himself to the centuries-old plight of the the poor.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French