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Macron said some rioters seemed to be acting out “the video games that have intoxicated them.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
"It sometimes feels like some of them re-live in the streets the video games that have intoxicated them," he said.
From Reuters ● Jun. 30, 2023
The court has not always performed this function of providing a “sober second thought” when fear and paranoia have intoxicated the political branches.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2018
To take a concrete example, he, no more than Lord Cromer, would have intoxicated his mind with a fantastic idea like that of the Cape to Cairo railway as did Mr. Rhodes.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
Such sudden, ecstatic overtures, would have intoxicated the dullest ear.
From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs
