as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
impregnated the cloth with furniture polish
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Recent Examples of impregnates
One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impregnates
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Remove rust with steel wool, vinegar soaks, baking soda paste, or coarse salt scrubs.—
Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
17 Jan. 2026
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Long soaks and extreme heat damage wood by swelling and drying it unevenly, making spoons more likely to crack and split.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
29 Dec. 2025
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Sixty years later, the Spectacle saturates us in ways the Situationists never imagined.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This gives your poinsettia a long, deep drink that saturates the roots without drowning them.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Dec. 2025
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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What should be a fast minimum viable product (MVP) becomes a bloated prototype that delays launch and drowns out real user feedback.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Throughout Friday, temperatures are expected to fall as rain drenches the area.—
Lauren Caruba,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The campers swim in the animosity that drenches the airwaves and cyberspaces around them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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“Impregnates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impregnates. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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