drunk driver
noun
variants
or drunken driver
chiefly US
: a person who drives a vehicle while drunk
He was killed by a drunk driver.
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The effort is led by Christine Olson, a Milwaukee native, who wasn't notified for 6½ hours after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver in Florida.
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Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Crossley sustained a neck and back injury in 2007 after being hit by a drunk driver, and then a brain injury in 2008 as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run, according to her official Team USA profile.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
The episode, which was reportedly filmed on Feb. 16, found John bestowing some grandfatherly advice upon Tate (Leo Howard), who was still feeling guilty about accidentally telling Holly that Eric was the drunk driver responsible for her biological father’s death.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau killed after being hit by alleged drunk driver: Police
Their first child, daughter Noa Harper Gaudreau, was born Sept. 30, 2022.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024
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Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
Crossley sustained a neck and back injury in 2007 after being hit by a drunk driver, and then a brain injury in 2008 as a pedestrian in a hit-and-run, according to her official Team USA profile.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2024
The episode, which was reportedly filmed on Feb. 16, found John bestowing some grandfatherly advice upon Tate (Leo Howard), who was still feeling guilty about accidentally telling Holly that Eric was the drunk driver responsible for her biological father’s death.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau killed after being hit by alleged drunk driver: Police
Their first child, daughter Noa Harper Gaudreau, was born Sept. 30, 2022.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Drunk driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driver. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.
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