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Recent Examples of drugged
Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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
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Adjective
Not with the quietness of a disease already in her brain; not drugged and almost constantly sleeping.
—Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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
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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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So far, 13 people have been hospitalized in connection with the outbreak.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, an outbreak sickened more than 500 people in 48 states, with 125 people hospitalized and two deaths.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 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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According to the complaint, Doe attended the private Owings Mills boarding school from 1975 through her graduation in 1987.—
Lexi Nicklaus,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Modern operations consultancy Quail Group notes that in many organizations, operational systems drift toward rewarding visible activity, the messages sent, meetings attended, and tasks moved, while the deeper aim of meaningful outcomes becomes less prominent in day‑to‑day execution.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some of the brunch buffet options are chilaquiles, waffles, a sausage scramble, chilled shrimp, salmon, mini meatballs, seasonal vegetables, short rib pasta and chicken marsala.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Freeze for up to 12 hours before serving for optimal texture and chilled temperature.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Drugged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugged. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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