insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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At the moment when I am inserting my beam, the insect has its mandibles engaged: they are holding the pellet of mortar intended for the blocking-operation.
From The Mason-Bees by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos