cough medicine

Example Sentences

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Even though Horton hadn’t taken cough medicine, health officials say consuming poppy seed products can lead to positive results for morphine, codeine or both due to the sensitivity of the drug tests.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

The artificial mixed berry flavor tasted like straight-up medicine — think cough medicine mixed with Tums Ultra Assorted Berries — but frozen.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

The hoarding of remedies isn’t limited to cough medicine and lozenges.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Shandong province in the east will no longer require checks to buy cough medicine or drive on a highway; central Henan Province will no longer require PCR tests to enter housing communities.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022

And cough medicine to cure sickness, and shoes ... she hadn’t had new ones for almost two years.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau