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Recent Examples of overdose
The company has also been producing a low-cost version of naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses.
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Purdue will pay $900 million of its own funds, and make several non-monetary concessions, including transforming itself into a public benefit company devoted to producing medicine for treating opioid use disorder and reversing overdoses.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Officials will also deploy emergency vouchers for interim housing and reassess harm reduction policies, including the distribution of fentanyl-smoking supplies in public, a practice that aims to prevent overdose but faces criticism for enabling addiction.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son, Adam Harrison, died from an accidental drug overdose.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Purdue will pay $900 million of its own funds, and make several non-monetary concessions, including transforming itself into a public benefit company devoted to producing medicine for treating opioid use disorder and reversing overdoses.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
Officials will also deploy emergency vouchers for interim housing and reassess harm reduction policies, including the distribution of fentanyl-smoking supplies in public, a practice that aims to prevent overdose but faces criticism for enabling addiction.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
A little more than a year ago, his 39-year-old son, Adam Harrison, died from an accidental drug overdose.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdose
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That, and the surplus of mentors who played for Dad before him.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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During the Legislature’s budget session in 2023, Minnesota was working with an $18 billion surplus and approved a budget of $72 billion, a jump from the previous $52 billion budget.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
22 Mar. 2025
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Photographed memorably on Gisele Bündchen by Nick Knight, the collection became emblematic of early-aughts excess and the bold, if controversial, cultural mashups of John Galliano’s Dior reign.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2025
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This excess leads to various plumbing and health problems, including mineral deposits on plumbing fixtures, restricted water flow through pipes, dry skin and hair, and prematurely faded clothing and other laundry items.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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Since the 2015 Progeny box already gave us seven full concerts from the same tour, an additional show is welcome, but a bit of an overkill.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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This might sound like overkill, but as the car heats up and snow starts to slide, roof snow can fall onto windshields and obscure vision at intersections or when pressing on the brakes.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside Online,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Healey administration said the decision to bar people from sleeping on the floor of the airport came as an overflow shelter opened at a former prison in Norfolk last summer.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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During rainstorms, runoff sometimes overwhelms the plant’s sewage treatment system, dumping a mixture of sewage and storm runoff directly into the Pacific Ocean – an event known as a combined sewer overflow.—
Robin Kundis Craig,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
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Reacher’s having to be the one to warn Kohl that the two of them being seen together in a social setting could imperil her career is typical of the series’ surfeit of Reacher worship, even allowing for the fact that the show is called Reacher.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Christy Turlington, looking serene in gray cashmere trousers, and with a surfeit of bling lighting up her turtleneck, closes the show.—
Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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According to the National Grid ESO, curtailment of wind power alone cost British consumers over £800 million in 2023, as renewable generators were paid to shut down during periods of oversupply, with the tab being picked up by households.—
Susie Violet Ward,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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According to Marks, markets are running with the idea of an oversupply of data centeres but ignored Cowen’s report that Google and Meta are stepping in to carry some of the load.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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The algorithms in Google’s Pixel Watch look for changes in pulse amplitude that might be a sign of cardiac arrest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2025
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The study revealed significant changes in the biomechanical properties of the astronauts' eyes, including a 33% drop in ocular rigidity, an 11% decrease in intraocular pressure, and a 25% reduction in ocular pulse amplitude.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Overdose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdose. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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