tranquilizer
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The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Zadeh said the cat eventually came to rest in the 2500 block of Pheasant Hill Road, where a second tranquilizer dart was shot, and this one hit its mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
The 18-day exercise involved tracking the rhinos using a helicopter and then shooting them with tranquilizer darts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Nearly twenty years ago, MIT researcher Judith Wurtman observed that "Carbohydrates raise serotonin levels naturally and act like a natural tranquilizer."
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
Where Martina Crowe had been, Milligan now stood with his tranquilizer gun.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Over the course of two years, they were shot with tranquilizers, blindfolded, antlers wrapped, and flown to staging areas where they were trucked to the North Cascades.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
"You should not swallow informational tranquilizers," Mikhail Khodaryonok, a retired colonel, told the "60 Minutes" talk show on Rossiya-1 hosted by Olga Skabeyeva, one of the most pro-Kremlin journalists on television.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
Fish and Wildlife officers responded as well, armed with tranquilizers, and successfully subdued the animal, which passed out with its head in the sink and a broken screen on the floor below.
From Fox News ● May 26, 2021
Can’t we get him some tranquilizers or something?
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
