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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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.
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Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
Image At Montefiore Square, a park in West Harlem, neighbors are frustrated about open-air drug dealing and the grounds littered with used hypodermic needles and trash.
—Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Evidence of the accompanying social decay can be found coast to coast: in Portland streets littered with hypodermic needles and other waste, on San Francisco sidewalks covered with human feces and tent encampments, and with increasing numbers of people languishing on the streets of Los Angeles.
—Rachel Sheffield, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
Specifically, the hypodermic needles discarded by addicts on the streets of San Francisco.
—Bob Martin, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
Image At Montefiore Square, a park in West Harlem, neighbors are frustrated about open-air drug dealing and the grounds littered with used hypodermic needles and trash.
—Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Evidence of the accompanying social decay can be found coast to coast: in Portland streets littered with hypodermic needles and other waste, on San Francisco sidewalks covered with human feces and tent encampments, and with increasing numbers of people languishing on the streets of Los Angeles.
—Rachel Sheffield, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
Specifically, the hypodermic needles discarded by addicts on the streets of San Francisco.
—Bob Martin, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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