as in needle
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
doesn't mind getting shots as long as he doesn't catch sight of the hypodermic needle
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During a search of Payne’s room, police allegedly found used hypodermic needles and other evidence of drug use and learned that the firearm was registered to Payne, officials said.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024
Funchess said Detroit Public Library maintenance staff make weekly visits to maintain upkeep at the closed branches, but a Free Press reporter witnessed various debris at the Conley Branch, including hypodermic needles, spoons, women's menstrual products and other clothing items.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
Cops then discovered Miller had crystal methamphetamine in both rock form and liquefied into a hypodermic needle prepared for injection, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
Funchess said Detroit Public Library maintenance staff make weekly visits to maintain upkeep at the closed branches, but a Free Press reporter witnessed various debris at the Conley Branch, including hypodermic needles, spoons, women's menstrual products, and other clothing items.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2024
Funchess said Detroit Public Library maintenance staff make weekly visits to maintain upkeep at the closed branches, but a Free Press reporter witnessed various debris at the Conley Branch, including hypodermic needles, spoons, women's menstrual products and other clothing items.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
Cops then discovered Miller had crystal methamphetamine in both rock form and liquefied into a hypodermic needle prepared for injection, police said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
Funchess said Detroit Public Library maintenance staff make weekly visits to maintain upkeep at the closed branches, but a Free Press reporter witnessed various debris at the Conley Branch, including hypodermic needles, spoons, women's menstrual products, and other clothing items.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Hypodermic needle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypodermic%20needle. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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