speedball

Example Sentences

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It’s about chasing oblivion in the whirling, flaming speedball of heavy booze and violent sex.

From Los Angeles Times

“I feel like it’s a scroll. And on the scroll is written all of her tastes, all of her opinions, her loves, her heartbreaks, her father’s death, her mother’s death, every song she wrote, every time she slammed heroin, every time she did a speedball, did cocaine, every cigarette she smoked, every drag, every drink, everything. Every time the cops went after her, shot at her — everything is written onto her voice.”

From Los Angeles Times

But even in that context, this match stands out, a moreish speedball of narrative and life that has every chance of ending in a ruck.

From The Guardian

“It’s going to be one of those fast-paced, speedball games where they’re going to probably go as fast as they can,” Saban said.

From Washington Times

Combining opioids and stimulants isn’t anything new: The comedian John Belushi died in 1982 from a cocaine-heroin “speedball” mixture.

From Washington Times