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Recent Examples of drugged
Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
The filmmakers build their documentary around cell phone videos secretly recorded by prisoners – footage that shows severe overcrowding, flooding of cell blocks, drugged addicted inmates, and alleged brutal attacks by those whose job should be to ensure the safety of people behind bars.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
As punishment for abandoning her mother, Trisha is forcibly drugged and taken back to the Van Ness home.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Prosecutors said the brothers, while working with others, repeatedly and violently drugged, assaulted, and raped the women.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
The filmmakers build their documentary around cell phone videos secretly recorded by prisoners – footage that shows severe overcrowding, flooding of cell blocks, drugged addicted inmates, and alleged brutal attacks by those whose job should be to ensure the safety of people behind bars.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026
As punishment for abandoning her mother, Trisha is forcibly drugged and taken back to the Van Ness home.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
In fact, Dan (Penn Badgley) is the sole believer in the story that Serena was drugged.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugged
Adjective
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Other teams soon showed that astrocytes in dishes, brain slices, and even anesthetized animals responded to various neurotransmitters.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Jan. 2026
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The lyrics have the same anesthetized ennui as in emo rap and the new wave of online rock, but the beats are menacingly new and dead-set on defacing your consciousness.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Authorities are working to identify the owner of a dog that entered a Midlothian home and attacked a 1‑year‑old child and an adult, leaving them bloodied and the child hospitalized with severe injuries.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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He was hospitalized until the following evening, when he was booked at the Placer County Jail.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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No sitting president has attended a Supreme Court argument.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The protest, organized by national anti-death penalty organizations Death Penalty Action and Worth Rise, was attended mostly by local faith leaders and members.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Anyone wanting to plant tulip bulbs in warmer climates, like those in the southern United States, will need to purchase pre-chilled bulbs to plant annually.—
Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2026
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The menu includes Easter ham, steamship round beef and roast chicken, plus breakfast items, pastas, salads, chilled shrimp, sushi, and 12 different dessert cakes, tarts, cookies and ice creams.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Drugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugged. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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