painkillers
- plural of painkiller.
Example Sentences
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"But what can painkillers do for a cancer patient?"
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
In Pasadena, volunteers at the restaurant Chamo Venezuelan Cuisine collected supplies, issuing a special plea for bandages, gauze, painkillers and other over-the-counter medicines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The deal includes 4E’s pipeline of oral MNK inhibitors, an emerging class of non-opioid painkillers that target a biological pathway within a patient’s nerve endings to stop the generation of pain signals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Kevin Liu, an oil and gas analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence, compared the SPR releases as a painkillers for the oil market.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
“You get any pain in the leg, you call the nurse. Try not to ask for painkillers unless you really need them, though, okay?”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
