intoxication
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Deputies who responded to the scene said Pelosi showed no signs of alcohol impairment, and investigators did not arrest him because the incident did not involve injuries or suspected intoxication.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Francois Blanchecotte, president of France's Federation of Medical Laboratories, said the urine test -- and possibly blood test -- would be able to determine if someone suffered from a "significant chronic intoxication".
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Despite this regular intake, bees and birds consume the alcohol gradually throughout the day and do not show clear signs of intoxication.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2026
“I’ll say: ‘The feeling of this piece is intoxication, it’s cosmic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
His expression of love had already given him to her in part When she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
They were “the intoxications that white kids had,” which for Davis included a mild amount of hooliganism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
"The company hopes that there will be clarity on responsibility after the intoxications that have affected the inhabitants of the area in recent days."
From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2022
It is also a valentine to the intoxications of filmmaking and film-viewing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
Incredible as truth may be, fiction is stranger still, and there is no limit to the intoxications of the popular novelist.
From A Novelist on Novels by Walter Lionel George
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