reliever

Example Sentences

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Ketamine is widely used in the NHS as an anaesthetic, sedative and pain reliever, and is also commonly used on animals.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Dodgers reliever Kyle Hurt’s command was shaky from the start.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The Angels were unable to tie against Athletics reliever Mark Leiter Jr., who earned the save, despite having runners on the corners and zero outs in the bottom of the 10th inning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

In 2021, Friedman acquired Vesia and Hurt from the Miami Marlins for middle reliever Dylan Floro.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

They're all lined up so neatly on the bathroom counter: the vacuum-packed dressings coated with topical pain reliever, the latex-free surgical tape, the hydrogen peroxide, the prescription-grade antibiotic gel.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin