as in loaded
being under the influence of a recreational drug
she seems to have been strung out for most of the 1960s
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Recent Examples of strung out
The central mysteries are strung out across the season’s eight episodes, as the agents pursue — but practically speaking, put off — answers.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Trump has absolute control over the running mate slot, and has strung out the process to maximize publicity and gin up interest in the Republican nomination.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
Now he’s holed up in his family home, which abuts the dismal local zoo, where his father is strung out and intent on drinking himself to death.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2024
Such weather particularly hampers the military that is strung out on multiple front lines by blunting the advantage of its air power, analysts said.
—Fox News, 7 May 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Trump has absolute control over the running mate slot, and has strung out the process to maximize publicity and gin up interest in the Republican nomination.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
Now he’s holed up in his family home, which abuts the dismal local zoo, where his father is strung out and intent on drinking himself to death.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2024
Such weather particularly hampers the military that is strung out on multiple front lines by blunting the advantage of its air power, analysts said.
—Fox News, 7 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strung out
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Last week, Maersk warned customers to pick up their loaded containers and return empty ones at East and Gulf Coast ports before January 15.William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
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Especially with the Mavericks being in the loaded West, there has to be some level of concern within the walls of the team right now.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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North Korean propaganda material released by state media this year has shown Kim overseeing special operations training marked by extreme displays of strength, including the smashing of cinder blocks over the ripped torsos of soldiers stripped to the waist.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Frank Grillo, who’s at the center of it (playing a ripped bruiser who is also…a molecular biologist!), has a way of making any pulp movie better.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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Enjoy a pristine beach experience without high rises, hotels, and other development, and with the comfort of restrooms, showers, and picnic pavilions.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
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His output was also defined by his personal celebrity—a folksy, chain-smoking former Eagle Scout who produced art of high complexity while also rhapsodizing about the simple pleasures of eating a doughnut with a cup of coffee.David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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For the time being, however, consumers remain hooked—particularly at home.Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 20 Dec. 2024
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McKinstry led off with a triple hooked into the right-field corner.Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 July 2024
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But in the last few years, an explosion of warehouse development has wiped out farmland and open space.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
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Across the industry Profits are getting wiped out across the whole chip industry, owing to excess inventories among manufacturers and retailers and a drop in demand for PCs, smartphones, and consumer electronics.BYNicholas Gordon, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2023
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David, a former college baseball player, had become addicted to painkillers after returning home to Leavenworth.Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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The point is that AI is right now considered addicted to data (not in any sentient manner).Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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