drunk driving
noun
variants
or drunken driving
chiefly US
: the act of driving a vehicle while drunk
He was arrested for drunk driving.
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Emt had been an all-star high school athlete, an Army West Point cadet and a UConn basketball walk-on before a drunk driving incident paralyzed him from the waist down at 25 years old.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
Emt went on to become a math teacher and a basketball coach in Hebron as well as a motivational speaker, talking to students and others about drunk driving.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Police say more than 1,300 people die in California each year due to drunk driving crashes.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
In 2002, the actress was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
Emt went on to become a math teacher and a basketball coach in Hebron as well as a motivational speaker, talking to students and others about drunk driving.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Police say more than 1,300 people die in California each year due to drunk driving crashes.
—James Taylor, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
In 2002, the actress was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, per the Los Angeles Times.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Drunk driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driving. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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