cough medicine
Example Sentences
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Even though Horton hadn’t taken cough medicine, health officials say consuming poppy seed products can lead to positive results for morphine, codeine or both due to the sensitivity of the drug tests.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
The cabinet called for grassroots health workers to distribute health kits packed with fever and cough medicine, rapid antigen tests and masks to vulnerable groups.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023
Shandong province in the east will no longer require checks to buy cough medicine or drive on a highway; central Henan Province will no longer require PCR tests to enter housing communities.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022
A separate taste tester described the drink as a mix of cherry cough medicine and fruit punch while another claimed the drink "doesn't taste like fruit cake, but it tastes WEIRD."
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022
Surrounded by cough medicine and cold sore ointment, he started playing a “gig,” meaning three numbers at once.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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