foreign substance
Example Sentences
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He speaks about opportunities like it’s some sort of unreachable foreign substance instead of owning up to the truth — that it’s his job to create those opportunities for his players.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2023
Because EVs can be produced with materials largely found in a patient's own cells, the body is less likely to treat the particles as a foreign substance.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023
He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023
Max Scherzer was ejected Wednesday for having a foreign substance on his hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023
A grain of sand, or some such minute foreign substance, gets within the jealous valves of the mollusk and causes great irritation to the soft body of the pulpy inhabitant.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
