Example Sentences

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But the show still went on that night, thanks to Voytko, a swing and an understudy for Marian, who mainlined the role in eight hours.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

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

I mean, they’re really being mainlined right into your brain.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2018

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