intoxication
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The county’s district attorney, who announced Monday his office would reopen an investigation into the alleged assault, cited New York’s laws around intoxication and consent in explaining why he initially did not pursue criminal charges.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 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
A letter to his mum Alaina from Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust said doctors had struggled to control his calcium levels and found he had vitamin D intoxication "far above expectation for standard supplementation".
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
To someone unfamiliar with the condition, all could be mistaken for intoxication, defiance or guilt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
They speak of small things: the intoxication of kola nut, or how no food hath tasted right for these twenty years without palm oil.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
Should you meet her the following afternoon in the Prater or on parade in the Kärntnerstrasse, her eyes will look past you, for the night has gone, carrying with it its memories and its intoxications.
From Europe After 8:15 by Thomas H. Benton
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