Example Sentences

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Likewise if there are animals up above fertilizing, as they are wont to do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

California currently does not require insurance companies to cover fertility treatment, including IVF, which involves collecting eggs from ovaries, fertilizing them with sperm in a lab and then implanting them in a uterus.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

As the Washington Post noted, "Emergency contraceptive pills such as Plan B and Ella work by inhibiting or delaying ovulation, thereby preventing sperm from fertilizing the egg."

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

African elephants play important ecological roles, creating habitats for other species by felling trees, dispersing seeds, and fertilizing the soil with their dung.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

It was designed to roam the fields, planting and fertilizing and harvesting the feed crops.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown