How to Use phencyclidine in a Sentence
phencyclidine
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Police said Hall had a small amount of phencyclidine (PCP) at the time of his arrest.
—NBC News, 11 Apr. 2020
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In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson’s system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
—NBC News, 23 Mar. 2022
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In both tests, levels of cocaine and phencyclidine, or PCP, in Robinson's system were above the levels at which state law says a driver is presumed to be intoxicated.
—Ken Ritter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
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Prude also had the hallucinogen phencyclidine, or PCP, in his system.
—Gary Craig, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2020
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The drugs for which tests are required are marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP) and opiates.
—Susan Scutti, CNN, 1 June 2017
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The indictments allege that the defendants — all members or associates of the street gang, or alleged drug dealers who operated in gang territory — sold methamphetamine, crack cocaine, cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP).
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
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One stage of the testing involved trying to reverse the effects phencyclidine, better known as PCP, which causes hyperactivity and other schizophrenialike behaviors.
—Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 15 Apr. 2020
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Excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, were contributing factors, the report said.
—chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2020
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The report lists excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
—Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2020
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Delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, were listed as contributing factors.
—David Aaro, Fox News, 4 Sep. 2020
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The report cited excited delirium and acute intoxication by phencyclidine, or PCP, as contributing factors.
—chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
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