tranquilizer
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The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Johan Marais spots a rhinoceros from a helicopter and shoots it with a tranquilizer dart.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2025
Zadeh said the cat eventually came to rest in the 2500 block of Pheasant Hill Road, where a second tranquilizer dart was shot, and this one hit its mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
The 18-day exercise involved tracking the rhinos using a helicopter and then shooting them with tranquilizer darts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Even Patrice always had assistants to back him up, and a tranquilizer gun.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
Paun said that they couldn’t find a vet to help with their evacuation mission and that no tranquilizers were available, which meant that the animals were “fully aware and awake” through their journey to safety.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2021
It took no great leap of intelligence to realize that Hamilton Knapp had laced Gingers dog treats with tranquilizers and laxatives so that she would do one, possibly two, embarrassing things on stage.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
