inserting
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To study this system, researchers recorded brain activity in mice by inserting electrodes and stimulating neurons with light.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
More than a dozen large TV monitors display close-up video, also streamed online, of election workers’ hands inserting ballots into machines.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The treatments he provided, which included inserting metal plates, bone grafts and implants, are considered high-risk and some level of complications are to be expected.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Control rods are a device used to control the nuclear chain reaction in the reactor core, which can be accelerated by slightly withdrawing them, or slowed down or stopped completely by inserting them deeper.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
“Why are you scaring these boys?” she demanded, inserting herself between me and the trooper holding the handcuffs.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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