intoxication

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This rare and frequently misunderstood condition causes individuals to experience intoxication even though they have not consumed alcohol.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Swept up at the age of 6 in the national intoxication with truth-telling, young Misha devoured glasnost’s flagship weekly, Ogonyok.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Wragg also concedes that amidst the intoxication of possible romance he felt "a sense of wanting to please" ‘Charlie’.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024

Jonathan E. Phillips, an attorney representing Disney, said that Club 33 membership guidelines forbid public intoxication.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

My heart has been fluttering around my chest for so long now that this variety of intoxication almost seems sustainable—but only almost.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green