drunk driver
noun
variants
or drunken driver
chiefly US
: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk
He was killed by a drunk driver.
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Aggie is an accomplished writer who has been suffering from writer’s block ever since the death of her young son at the hands of a drunk driver, a local teenager named Teddy Fenig (Bubba Weiler).
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Years earlier, her son died in an accident where their car collided with a drunk driver.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025
Goldstein’s Louis entered the picture as the drunk driver who caused Jimmy’s wife’s death in a car accident, but many other characters had their own forgiveness arcs too.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
On that night, his brother was run over by a drunk driver who fled the scene.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Years earlier, her son died in an accident where their car collided with a drunk driver.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Nov. 2025
Goldstein’s Louis entered the picture as the drunk driver who caused Jimmy’s wife’s death in a car accident, but many other characters had their own forgiveness arcs too.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
On that night, his brother was run over by a drunk driver who fled the scene.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Drunk driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driver. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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