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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A couple from Union County were killed in a drunk driving crash early Sunday morning in Baltimore, according to a Maryland State Police press release.
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Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
So McCarthy is still doing very well indeed for a guy who was once chased down Route 1 in Saugus by a posse of local police, finally cornered in a mall parking lot and charged with drunk driving.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
What starts as the ominous return of Riley — who went to prison for killing a woman while drunk driving — turns into a supernatural nightmare that even the biggest horror buff couldn’t have seen coming.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Miami.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
So McCarthy is still doing very well indeed for a guy who was once chased down Route 1 in Saugus by a posse of local police, finally cornered in a mall parking lot and charged with drunk driving.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
What starts as the ominous return of Riley — who went to prison for killing a woman while drunk driving — turns into a supernatural nightmare that even the biggest horror buff couldn’t have seen coming.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
He was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in Miami.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Drunk driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driving. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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