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palliatives

noun

plural of palliative

as in sedatives

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Somoza and Crystal then moved to Ahwatukee, Arizona, to live with her boyfriend, narcotics detective Avelino Tamala.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The group’s advocacy for narcotics was both far-out—the idea that Class As might ever be administered clinically or therapeutically by the NHS was a fringe pursuit—and shockingly comprehensive.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026

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Hospitals in the north lack health workers, medicines and equipment, while ambulance services are severely limited and insecurity is obstructing medical deliveries, Tedros said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
The Sudan Doctors Network warned the outages endanger hospitals, dialysis centers and blood banks, and threaten the cold storage needed for medicines and vaccines.

— Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of medicines

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Unlike balms that leave behind a greasy film or visible buildup, Zvyk’s lip mask delivers a dewy, glass-like finish that’s comfortable enough to wear day or night.

— Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026
Because these balms are waterless, a small fingertip amount does real work.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

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The conjecture predicts that for the curve xa = yb, a count of the matrix solutions will always collapse into a Rogers-Ramanujan-type identity.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Scaling membranes for extraction The next challenge is incorporating the channels into larger membranes capable of processing significant quantities of lithium-containing solutions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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