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pill

noun as in capsule of medicine

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noun as in person who is annoying

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Makary has also clashed with Republican senators over the agency’s approval of a generic form of an abortion pill, after promising antiabortion lawmakers a review of the drug’s safety.

For many people, opioid addiction begins with prescribed pain pills, such as OxyContin, before they increase their consumption and eventually turn to illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl, an extremely powerful synthetic opioid.

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Shares are likely to remain volatile in the near term, but the bank sees opportunity for upside based on low market expectations for the company’s Wegovy weight-loss pill and developmental CagriSema drug.

Links fashioned “crime dossiers” that combined written clues with pieces of physical evidence—pills and cigarette butts, among other items—to produce an immersive experience for readers and game-players.

“It’s a hard pill to swallow to keep working and working and working and incurring this debt,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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