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intoxication

[in-tok-si-kay-shuhn] / ɪnˌtɒk sɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten — who had authority to pursue criminal charges — cited New York’s voluntary intoxication law in explaining why he initially did not do so.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Francois Blanchecotte, president of France's Federation of Medical Laboratories, said the urine test -- and possibly blood test -- would be able to determine if someone suffered from a "significant chronic intoxication".

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

A letter to his mum Alaina from Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust said doctors had struggled to control his calcium levels and found he had vitamin D intoxication "far above expectation for standard supplementation".

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

To someone unfamiliar with the condition, all could be mistaken for intoxication, defiance or guilt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

All that meets me, all that floods over me are but feelings—greed of life, love of home, yearning for the blood, intoxication of deliverance.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

They were “the intoxications that white kids had,” which for Davis included a mild amount of hooliganism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

"The company hopes that there will be clarity on responsibility after the intoxications that have affected the inhabitants of the area in recent days."

From Reuters ● Jun. 8, 2022

It is also a valentine to the intoxications of filmmaking and film-viewing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2020

She remained, always, both polite and biting, looking at the intoxications and delusions of life and love with wit and clear-eyed sympathy.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018

This halt in evolution can be connected with different physiological causes, hereditary weaknesses of origin, infections, intoxications, disorders of internal secretions, disorders of the sympathetic system.

From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society


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