medicate
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Adrian Aceves, a physician living in downtown Washington, said he'd be staying in with his five-year-old mutt Rosy, "trying to distract her with treats and toys, and I will medicate her."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Unfortunately, alpha-synuclein has proven an especially challenging protein to medicate due to its unruly, disorganized form and lack of clear druggable structures, Disney added.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
But even after getting a diagnosis, Hutchings says the response was to "medicate someone, put them in the corner, and hope they get 'better.'"
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023
Mr Stanton added that if people had flu to try and manage it at home and medicate, and only go into hospital if it was an absolute emergency.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
“I’m angry! Why can’t you let me be angry? Why do you have to medicate away everything I feel?”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
At the time of the wreck, Linton was not properly medicated and had not slept for days, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Products passing through the giant site range from insulin capsules and lifestyle drugs to medicated sunblock and drums of sulphuric acid.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
The medicated wipes, cream and spray have swirling, ’70s-style graphics and a retro color palette of orange, mustard yellow and turquoise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
She had been on anti-depressants but has come off them and is "correctly medicated" for her diagnoses.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
She was heavily medicated and extremely fragile both physically and mentally.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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Earlier this year, England's Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty said it would be a "societal failure" if medicating people for life was our only answer to obesity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
There was a stigma associated with ADHD—such as that students who had it weren’t very bright—and they didn’t like the idea of medicating their children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
This stands in stark contrast with medicating symptoms of mood disorders or using behavioral tools to change thinking and behaviors.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2022
When it comes to taking on an actual diagnosis or making any major life changes — such as medicating — consult a mental health professional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
Where feeding and medicating add to the ills, fasting with proper living afterwards brings health.
From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by R. L. Alsaker
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