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 bear fell asleep for hours after being shot with tranquilizer darts, then fell out of the tree and landed on a mattress — a soft landing that was supplied by Walter.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
In an instant Milligan had pulled out his tranquilizer gun and fired—but it was too late; Mr. Curtain had gone too far.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
“Very, very, very stressful,” Witalij Miskow, 45, says of the night terrors he’s fighting with tranquilizers and therapy at a mental health treatment center for soldiers on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
"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
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
In the nights, while she lay in bed waiting for the tranquilizers to take effect, she often put her hand to her navel, like a fisherman checking his line.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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