pills
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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He suffered from shortness of breath walking around the facility and when he reported it to the staff, they only gave him pills to ease the pain, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
“That said, the wider appeal and lower costs of recently introduced pills could tilt the balance,” the analysts write, projecting that the impact could be most significant for quick-service restaurants.
The first effective weight-loss pills should hit the market this year, but expect lots of other news in obesity drugs this year, said a Guggenheim Securities note Sunday.
From Barron's
She was put on cholesterol-lowering statin pills, but when she applied to appear on The Traitors the show's producers wanted her to have another CT scan "just to be sure".
From BBC
"We admit them and end up over-treating them with interventions, scans and pills," argues Price, who is president of the Society for Acute Medicine.
From BBC
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