sleeping pill
noun
: a drug and especially a barbiturate that is taken as a tablet or capsule to induce sleep
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Also, avoid drinking or taking sleeping pills or other drugs (to deal with your phobia) unless prescribed by a doctor.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Klinger also points out that this era marks the birth of the sleeping pill, the Communion wafer of the new century, with all its attendant miseries.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.
—Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Her character died after drinking a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills provided to her by Claire (Hayley Erin) while surrounded by members of the Newman family, including Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle), according to Soap Opera Digest.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Klinger also points out that this era marks the birth of the sleeping pill, the Communion wafer of the new century, with all its attendant miseries.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Anesthesia and sleeping pills shut this process down nearly completely.
—Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
Her character died after drinking a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills provided to her by Claire (Hayley Erin) while surrounded by members of the Newman family, including Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle), according to Soap Opera Digest.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Sleeping pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20pill. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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