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
But in modern practice, “The Life of Chuck” is no more than a nostalgia tranquilizer, designed to comfort you after you roll your ankle on a two-step, dancing like no one’s watching.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
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
After being treated with a tranquilizer and an anti-inflammatory, the colt didn’t improve and went to the hospital.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 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
Police and emergency workers managed to corner the zebra after it entered a narrow alleyway between houses and shot it with tranquilizers, ending its three hours of freedom.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 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
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
