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[in-surt, in-surt] / ɪnˈsɜrt, ˈɪn sɜrt /


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It has invested in Italian company D-Orbit, which offers services to insert satellites into orbit, and Skeleton, an Estonian maker of energy-storage devices designed for fast charging and discharging.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

González and Durazo plan to insert proposed legislation related to the Lineage fire into existing bills, a process known as “gut and amend.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

They are currently trying to insert an amendment into the Railways Bill.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

And for the simplest possible showstopper, Frieda’s Hulas Ready-to-Drink Coconuts come peeled and prepped with a tool that lets you open them and insert a straw in seconds.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

How hypocritical of Mia, with her stubborn privacy, to insert herself into places where she didn’t belong.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Three letters to describe a cord that our puzzle writer always inserts the wrong way?

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

In between the book’s linked stories, Ms. Daanje inserts excerpts from those scant archives—Millicent’s letters, the poems and cryptic jottings from Eliza May’s notebooks—as well as passages from various later biographies of the Draydens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The draft communique inserts previously unused language targeting "freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits" while separately calling for "unimpeded" passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Instead of spending the money on a pricey establishing shot of the car driving on the 101, Wain inserts a brief vintage clip of a ’70s-era taxi, humming along the road.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Colin leans over and, without even touching the diary, inserts the wire and springs the lock.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Trump then signed the back of a stone shaped like an eagle's head that will be inserted into the pad, which is a giant replica of the seal of the president of the United States.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Weber Pierson told the Times Monday that the amendments intended to help Midway Rising “haven’t crossed” the desk, meaning that the language hasn’t been inserted into Senate Bill 344.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

He inserted himself into negotiations for the Air Force One and the F-35 jet fighter programs, directed design changes to the Constellation-class frigate and championed the creation of Trump-class battleships.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Other items have also been known to be inserted into a skinsuit around the chest area to smooth airflow around the body.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Burn wanted to explain his change of heart, so the next day he inserted a personal statement into the House Journal.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Players will be able to access the feature by inserting one of the supported games into their Xbox console.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

But in local disputes, the locals have every reason to get the oil flowing again eventually without the U.S. inserting itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

All day long I think about Erin and how strangers are operating on her leg, cutting it open, inserting pins or whatever to mend the bones.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick




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