Example Sentences
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Johnson said that businesses had mainlined on low-wage imported labour for nearly 25 years and that they should now pay their workers more and invest more.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2021
“Hades,” because you can really get in the zone on that game, and they’ve got the meta-upgrade drug mainlined right to your brain: So.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2020
We mainlined Twitter, breaking news alerts and viral hoaxes masquerading as inside information; we stared slack-jawed at politicians' news briefings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
He mainlined fantasy, horror, science fiction and drama growing up, and started as a fanboy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
It is less a video game than mainlined anxiety, its jump-scares timed with sadistic precision and its long, shadow-splashed corridors masterpieces of unnerving light design.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2011