How to Use fentanyl in a Sentence
fentanyl
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The spread and sale of fentanyl led to a rise in US overdose deaths.
—Amir Vera, CNN, 12 June 2022
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There's no second chances most of the time for fentanyl.
—Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 July 2023
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Those pills were found to be laced with fentanyl, Buchanan said.
—Henri Hollis, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
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But border seizures make up just a small part of the fentanyl seized throughout the state.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
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As part of the November study, the team tested the pill on a pig that had been dosed with fentanyl.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
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Just two milligrams of fentanyl, about the size of a pencil tip, can kill.
—Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2023
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She was found dead in the bathroom of an Akron home from a fatal dose of fentanyl.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2021
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The lawsuit blames a rise in fentanyl overdoses on the lack of MAT.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
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Unbeknownst to him, the tablets were laced with fentanyl.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2023
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The two drugs that caused the most U.S. overdose deaths last year — fentanyl and meth — are both produced in labs.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 May 2022
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Even the smallest amount of fentanyl can cause overdose and death.
—al, 30 Sep. 2022
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Lab tests show that about seven-in-10 pills seized by the DEA contain a lethal dose of fentanyl.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 May 2024
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But the truth about fentanyl is scary enough without these fantasies and fairy tales.
—Ryan Hampton, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
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Wendy Bank had never heard of fentanyl before the drug claimed her son.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021
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Most of the people smoking fentanyl or meth on this city’s streets balled them up and tossed them onto the ground.
—Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
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About two-thirds of the deaths were linked to fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.
—Freida Frisaro, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2022
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That is enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States.
—Michael Lee, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2022
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Explain what fentanyl is and that it can be found in pills bought online or from friends.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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The powder form of fentanyl snaked into the Cincinnati area around 2013.
—cincinnati.com, 11 Nov. 2021
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The sample was sent to the State Crime Lab where tests showed Havens was under the influence of fentanyl and ketamine at the time of the crash.
—Tom Sissom, arkansasonline.com, 2 Aug. 2024
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Nearly all seizures of fentanyl have taken place at the ports of entry.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 16 Feb. 2023
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But fentanyl is so easy and cheap to make that when cops capture a big batch, cartels just churn out more.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 June 2024
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Trump said all three countries needed to do more to curb the amount of fentanyl coming over the border.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
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Related: Methadone doses haven’t kept up in the age of fentanyl.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Dec. 2023
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The woman said the ‘rock’ was either heroin or fentanyl.
—Joan Rusek, cleveland, 3 July 2022
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It has been said that 80% of fentanyl coming into the U.S. comes through Arizona.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
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And what it's meant is that a lot of fentanyl is coming into our country.
—Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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The reported presence of fentanyl in his body makes her wonder if the meth had been laced with it.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
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Other opioids, such as fentanyl and morphine, are in a lower schedule because they are used medically.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
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At a moment in time when communities are still reeling from synthetic opioids like fentanyl, putting a stop to life-saving treatment and safety measures is both short-sighted and deadly.
—Antoine Lovell, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2025
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