drugging

verb

present participle of drug
as in dosing

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  1. attending
  2. hospitalizing
  3. treating
  4. nursing
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  • The indictment alleges that the defendants — Harman Pahal, 21, Cameron Chouanmasay, 20, Colton Malone, 21, Julian Calderon, 20, and Jaskarn Batth, 20 — met while attending Bullard High School in Fresno.
    — Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Most cases involved people attending their first hearing in their immigration case.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of attending
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  • Lillian once fought back with an iron skillet and beat Q unconscious, hospitalizing him.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • In July, a small plane flying into the airport crashed into a tree in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood, hospitalizing two adults and two teens.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
Definition of hospitalizing
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  • Teplinsky says treating the whole person, not just her breast cancer is vital.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Amora needs to find out what Sincere told Melanie about their Casa connection and warn Melanie, if possible, that Sincere was treating Casa Amor like a hall pass.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 30 June 2026
Definition of treating
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  • The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rescuers named him Irving and have been nursing him back to health ever since.
    — Liz Gray, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of nursing
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