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insert

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


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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

But before I can insert them, a voice speaks to me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

"Then, when you go to put it in your ear, pull on your ear lobe with the opposite hand to open up the ear canal, insert the earplug and let it fully expand."

From Science Daily Jun. 10, 2026

To insert an IUD, a clinician opens the vagina using a speculum and grips the cervix with a type of forceps, which can cause a sudden, sharp pain.

From Slate Jun. 7, 2026

During the drafting process in the summer of 1796, Washington kept urging Hamilton to insert a separate section on the creation of a national university in the capital city now being constructed on the Potomac.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

And a Finnish project called Fold2 has explored using intricately folded cardboard to make packaging inserts designed to protect products during shipping.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

On occasion, he inserts a card with higher value to hype a specific set.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2025

She inserts two films to change my eye color.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

And earlier on Sunday, Young had inserted himself into the mix to finish at 9-under.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

In footage recorded by a small camera inserted into the rubble where Gil is trapped, a Chilean firefighter can be heard asking Gil to turn his head towards the camera.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

A year later, Congress inserted a significant carbon capture subsidy into the tax code — though it didn’t require coal plants to adopt it.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

Like them, Farage has inserted himself into the gap.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The insurance Mike Burry bought was inserted into a synthetic CDO and passed along to AIG.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The Minions also have trouble adapting, but Coffin demonstrates that by inserting them into the films of the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Intentional or not, no one could blame the 20-year-old for inserting an earnest request for audiences to proceed with kindness as she readies her debut album, which finally landed Friday.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

“Arm’s strategic move is less about catching up to the accelerator wave and more about inserting itself deeper into the architecture that governs how AI infrastructure actually runs.”

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

By inserting itself into these plasmids, the cassette disrupts the resistance genes and makes the bacteria vulnerable to antibiotics again.

From Science Daily Feb. 18, 2026

She managed the soldier in white by inserting a thermometer into the hole over his mouth and leaving it balanced there on the lower rim.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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