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tranquilizer

[trang-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈtræŋ kwəˌlaɪ zər /
NOUN
drug
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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 bear fell asleep for hours after being shot with tranquilizer darts, then fell out of the tree and landed on a mattress — a soft landing that was supplied by Walter.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024

Officers scrambled to a veterinarian to get a tranquilizer gun and doses of the sedative, only to find that they did not need them.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

Using a tranquilizer gun, they dropped him from the tree into a net.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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

Paun said that they couldn’t find a vet to help with their evacuation mission and that no tranquilizers were available, which meant that the animals were “fully aware and awake” through their journey to safety.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 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

On her lap lay one of those innumerable pads of paper her husband brought home from his office, compliments of some pharmaceutical company, advertising tranquilizers or antibiotics or skin cream.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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