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
A rhino targeted for moving was not subdued by a tranquilizer dart shot from a helicopter.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 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
There’s writing on the little packets but the words make no sense to me and I can’t risk taking the tranquilizer that knocked out Manchee.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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The bears ultimately returned to her home before tranquilizers were used.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
“Very, very, very stressful,” Witalij Miskow, 45, says of the night terrors he’s fighting with tranquilizers and therapy at a mental health treatment center for soldiers on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
"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
It took no great leap of intelligence to realize that Hamilton Knapp had laced Gingers dog treats with tranquilizers and laxatives so that she would do one, possibly two, embarrassing things on stage.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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