tranquilizer
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The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
But in modern practice, “The Life of Chuck” is no more than a nostalgia tranquilizer, designed to comfort you after you roll your ankle on a two-step, dancing like no one’s watching.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
The moose was sedated with a tranquilizer dart and loaded onto a trailer before being evaluated by a Game and Fish Department veterinarian and determined to be in good health.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
After being treated with a tranquilizer and an anti-inflammatory, the colt didn’t improve and went to the hospital.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
He grew accustomed to the uneasy octopus that lived inside him and squirted its inky tranquilizer on his past.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Police and emergency workers managed to corner the zebra after it entered a narrow alleyway between houses and shot it with tranquilizers, ending its three hours of freedom.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2021
Can’t we get him some tranquilizers or something?
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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