sleeping pill
noun
: a drug and especially a barbiturate that is taken as a tablet or capsule to induce sleep
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Inside the accordion case that washed ashore was a stun gun, a 12-inch knife, a black plastic Airsoft gun, a crowbar, syringes, sleeping pills, latex gloves, and a laminated telephone card with the address of Bass' 1,000-acre estate, court documents said.
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
Inside an accordion case, authorities recovered a stun gun, a black plastic Airsoft gun, a 12-inch knife, a crowbar, sleeping pills, syringes, latex gloves and a laminated card with the address of the victims' South Kent home.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 19 June 2024
Instead, doctors treated individual symptoms, prescribing headache medicine, antidepressants and sleeping pills.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Some even use sleeping pills to battle insomnia and sleep deprivation.
—Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
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Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
Inside an accordion case, authorities recovered a stun gun, a black plastic Airsoft gun, a 12-inch knife, a crowbar, sleeping pills, syringes, latex gloves and a laminated card with the address of the victims' South Kent home.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 19 June 2024
Instead, doctors treated individual symptoms, prescribing headache medicine, antidepressants and sleeping pills.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Some even use sleeping pills to battle insomnia and sleep deprivation.
—Carol Lee, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Sleeping pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20pill. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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