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inject

[in-jekt] / ɪnˈdʒɛkt /


VERB
introduce into bloodstream by use of a needle
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Tishman Speyer, a commercial landlord, said it and other investors will inject $235 million into the property to refurbish its aging interior and exterior.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The transformative weight-loss effects of GLP-1-based medications have led consumers to question what other substances they could inject in a quest for self-optimization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Naturally good readers of a room and skilled at misdirection, comedians can inject some comic relief into those tense roundtable moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

They were also able to inject different substances at separate depths, with delivery points spaced almost three millimeters apart.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I’m not goingto inject it into my body unless I know what it is.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

A lone star bite, in contrast, instantly injects a galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose carbohydrate molecule into the blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

This is a secondary combustion system that injects raw fuel directly into a jet engine's exhaust stream behind the turbine, which gives the jet a big short-term boost in thrust.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Slower model development injects uncertainty, but we are skeptical it reduces total demand over time,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The company’s sell-down at Simberi injects enough cash to fund the sulfide expansion while progressing the Touqyoy and 15-Mile Hub growth projects, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The female Tiphia, finding a beetle grub in the soil, injects a paralyzing fluid and attaches a single egg to the undersurface of the grub.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

"The body's drainage system can clear out liquids injected into the knee within hours."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Pike, he said, had helped the execution team find a vein in her arm, and she was kind and polite while she was being injected.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In one experiment, the drug was injected into the abdomen so it could have effects throughout the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The stock market stabilized on Thursday after the central bank injected liquidity into the financial system, placed the troubled funds under the control of banks and announced plans to dissolve them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“When I was out, they must have injected me with something or run me under a scanner or whatever they do. I think the infection’s gone.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Why do we swab the arm with alcohol before injecting the drugs to kill them?

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

By injecting a solution into banded iron formations, the researchers were able to increase hydrogen generation, raising the possibility that naturally produced hydrogen could one day be deliberately enhanced underground.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

Most common by far is injecting the gel-like substance hyaluronic acid - the same key ingredient used in lip fillers.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The great volcanic plumes of Io reach so high that they are close to injecting their atoms directly into the space around Jupiter.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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