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overdose

[oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs] / ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊs /


NOUN
OD




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Supervisor Janice Hahn has taken up the issue, backing a March motion directing county departments to report back on jail deaths and overdose prevention.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Or they didn’t think that the city should be burning tens of millions of dollars to send fire trucks “to every overdose, every sprained ankle, every toothache,” as Mr. Pratt has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But investigations found he had been accidentally poisoned with an overdose of vitamin D that had been prescribed for growing pains.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

For decades, doctors have relied on a drug called acetylcysteine as an effective antidote for acetaminophen overdose.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2026

As if this account didn’t already suffer from an overdose of amoral individuals.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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