: any of various sweet usually medicated liquids used to relieve coughing
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Liquid products, such as cough syrup, should be sealed in their original container.—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025 New Delhi — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in India over the last month.—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025 For example, the contaminated cough syrups in The Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan were manufactured in India.—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025 Often found in cough syrups and combination pain medications, this opioid is controlled or outright banned in countries including the UAE, Japan, Greece, and Indonesia.—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cough syrup
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