drunk driving
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- drunk-driving adjective
Example Sentences
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As with earlier campaigns to shield the young from lead paint, drunk driving and cigarettes, laws change and social norms shift when the people speak up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Deadly traffic accidents are a common occurrence in Peru due to speeding, drunk driving, poor road conditions, lack of signage and weak enforcement by authorities.
From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025
The case stems from a January 2017 incident in which officers Stephen Glick and Alfred Garcia and their two female police partners responded to a suspected drunk driving collision, according to their suit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Such carnage has not prompted a societal response akin to the movement elicited by drunk driving in the 1980s.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2021
Cari’s mother, Candy Lightner, vowed to take on drunk driving and founded Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, later renamed Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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