foreign substance

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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

Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball last week following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand while pitching in a game at Dodger Stadium.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023

He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Mets’ Max Scherzer was ejected while pitching against the Dodgers for having a foreign substance on his glove and a potential substance on his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

But the second step,—the making use of a foreign substance or object in the way described,—that is what staggers one.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John