intoxication

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During that time, they may face social strain, medical complications, and even legal problems linked to unexplained intoxication.

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

“I’ll say: ‘The feeling of this piece is intoxication, it’s cosmic.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

There was an intoxication over England’s entertainment that masked the wasteful nature of the loss.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

The thousands from Orleans Parish Prison, including those who were in jail for public intoxication, shoplifting, and other misdemeanors, had been left on the city’s Broad Street overpass for three days.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers