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miracle drug

NOUN
wonder drug
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"This is as close to a miracle drug as we can ever imagine," says Dr Nabarun Dasgupta, a scientist specialising in street drugs at the University of North Carolina.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Physical activity is the closest thing to a miracle drug: Even if you don’t lose an ounce of weight, it reduces the risk of dementia, cancer, heart disease and diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“There are countless stories like that. ... It’s a miracle drug in many ways. But it can’t perform miracles if it’s not available when we need it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

They were a shortcut, like Ozempic, the miracle drug celebrities started using to drop pounds right around the time Santos got into national politics.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2023

No record of what she thought of physicians like the Shoun brothers, who were constantly coming and going, injecting her with what was said to be a new miracle drug: insulin.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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