drunken

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PC Pritchard, who joined North Wales Police as a trainee in 2023, admitted her drunken behaviour was inappropriate, but denied it was gross misconduct.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

His "drunken monkey" hypothesis initially met resistance from many scientists, especially primatologists, who argued that primates in the wild do not commonly eat fermented fruits or nectar.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

Past surgeon generals’ warnings have shifted public opinion on smoking, drunken driving and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Still, even in a movie where people are always skulking around rifling through each other’s things, his claim that he chose a drunken late night to confront Maggie about plagiarism sounds inconceivable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Malachy isn’t in a ditch, he’s there in our own house eating fish and chips a drunken soldier dropped at the gate of the Sarsfield Barracks.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt