How to Use cocaine in a Sentence
cocaine
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The cocaine was found in the trunk of the car in a backpack, Igloo cooler and suitcase, according to court records.
— oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2022 -
This story has been updated to reflect more accurately where the cocaine was found.
— David Matthews New York Daily News (tns), al, 4 Nov. 2022 -
The trailer then shows a TV news outlet saying that cocaine had been found in the deserted area, which the bear seemed to be loving.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2022 -
Police learned that Bland controlled his victims through violence, threats and crack cocaine — and sometimes used crack to keep them awake and working for days at a time.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2024 -
Once homeless and addicted to alcohol and cocaine, Thanksgiving meant nothing to him.
— Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2022 -
The drugs, which weighed roughly 198 pounds, tested positive as cocaine and were confiscated.
— Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2022 -
The bag tested positive for cocaine, according to documents from the civil forfeiture case.
— Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Deaths from combinations of opioids and cocaine, another stimulant, are also climbing.
— Jon Kamp, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022 -
In addition to government officials, the indictment charges alleged drug traffickers and pilots accused of supporting the cocaine trade.
— Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024 -
On May 15, one of the men on the trip brought out some cocaine.
— Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 2 Dec. 2022 -
The latter song tells the tale of a cocaine deal that left four men dead.
— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Phoenix does indeed rank No. 1 in the U.S. for cocaine use.
— Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Five of the ten largest cocaine seizures in Europe took place last year.
— The Week Uk, theweek, 22 June 2024 -
The news release did not state how much cocaine was found inside the cheese.
— CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023 -
The office further declined to cite the amount of cocaine found in the infant's body.
— Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Many have sought to pin the cocaine on President Biden’s son Hunter.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 July 2023 -
That same month, customs seized more than 1,543 pounds of cocaine.
— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023 -
The cocaine was concealed in the clothes racks' metal pipes, photos show.
— Emma Colton, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2024 -
The photos show a small bag of cocaine inside of cubby #50, the photos show.
— Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023 -
He was found to have fentanyl, ketamine and cocaine in his system at the time of his death.
— Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024 -
Banks was charged with possession of half an ounce or more of cocaine.
— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2024 -
The sheriff’s office said the pills were tested and found to contain cocaine.
— Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023 -
Coast Guard agents found 142 packages of cocaine in a small vessel.
— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024 -
The tour was, like many in those days, fueled by copious amounts of cocaine.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Soon after that, White turned to the comfort of drugs, and crack cocaine later took over his life, court records say.
— Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024 -
The boaters found what was later determined to be 56 pounds of cocaine wrapped in a package about the size of a microwave oven.
— Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024 -
This one appeared to be a brick of cocaine, wrapped in a biohazard bag with some sort of logo on it.
— Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 5 Apr. 2023 -
At the time, Biden, who had been addicted to crack cocaine, was struggling to remain sober.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2023 -
One gag, in which Ramos’s character snorts his phone like a line of cocaine, was Gillespie’s idea on the day of filming.
— Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023 -
The substance suspected to be cocaine was transmitted to the State Crime Lab in April 2024.
— Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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