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
You’d have needed a tranquilizer gun to keep him from chasing after the next story, and the next, and he was still telling stories until his death in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2025
It's called xylazine, a commonly-used animal tranquilizer veterinarians routinely employ in their practice.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2023
The moose was sedated with a tranquilizer dart and loaded onto a trailer before being evaluated by a Game and Fish Department veterinarian and determined to be in good health.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
He grew accustomed to the uneasy octopus that lived inside him and squirted its inky tranquilizer on his past.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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
Can’t we get him some tranquilizers or something?
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
