impregnated

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The medical profession successfully argued for an exemption from the wet wipe ban, arguing that non-plastic wipes absorb too much of the detergents and disinfectants impregnated in them, with potential consequences for patient safety.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

The maggots arrived at her doctor’s office impregnated in a gauze pad.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024

As for the suggestion that Charlotte could have been impregnated by a shark, Lyons said that’s impossible.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

He soon impregnated her, and, living her values, Boebert dropped out of high school to get married and have her first son at age 18.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

When these bedbugs were experimentally placed in cloth impregnated with DDT, they lived for as long as a month; they proceeded to lay their eggs; and the resulting young grew and thrived.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson