drugging

Definition of druggingnext
present participle of drug

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Verb
  • The family of three has been attending almost all of Robert's live tapings.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Kardashian, who is the daughter of the prominent late attorney Robert Kardashian, began studying law in 2018 through California’s Law Office Study Program, which allows aspiring lawyers to apprentice under licensed attorneys instead of attending law school.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
    Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • It could be used in the creation of next-generation bioelectronic devices or internal medical tools, like pacemakers, implantable glucose sensors, and brain electrodes used for treating neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The cast largely helps to keep things grounded, rebutting the histrionics by treating each claim with legitimacy or reciting each gauche line with apt conviction.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Hodges and his fellow CDU 42 officers stayed in the Capitol Crypt until late that night, sitting cross-legged and leaning against columns, nursing their wounds.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • One possibility is if the pups start developing teeth and nursing the puppies is too painful.
    Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Drugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugging. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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