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Detective Tryon, who has a strained relationship with her daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin), a drinking problem, and husband Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) in a coma, feels these crimes are eerily personal, as if someone — or something — is taunting her.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Soon enough, the characters are playing into new stereotypes—Sally starts gambling at casinos, while Kyle develops a drinking problem.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Despite his requirement of sobriety on the bandstand, Mr. Mayall developed a drinking problem in the 1970s, and his musical profile began to diminish.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
At the center of the story is Nora (Alana Dietze), a 32-year-old untenured musicologist with self-esteem issues and a drinking problem.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
King had appeared on Celebrity Rehab in 2008, and talked about how the LAPD's beating and notoriety that stemmed from it contributed to his lifelong drinking problem.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
But if Timberlake managed to hide his drinking problem from the public, the cameras have long captured his other sandals over the years.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
She’s grown distant from her husband, David (Jack Huston), who has a drinking problem and, likely unbeknownst to her, is having an affair with Mercy, a young Korean American woman who isn’t as well-off as the other characters and fits in awkwardly with her posh friends.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
There’s also some suggestion in that film that Callie maybe has a bit of a drinking problem.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Soon enough, the characters are playing into new stereotypes—Sally starts gambling at casinos, while Kyle develops a drinking problem.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Despite his requirement of sobriety on the bandstand, Mr. Mayall developed a drinking problem in the 1970s, and his musical profile began to diminish.
—Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
At the center of the story is Nora (Alana Dietze), a 32-year-old untenured musicologist with self-esteem issues and a drinking problem.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
King had appeared on Celebrity Rehab in 2008, and talked about how the LAPD's beating and notoriety that stemmed from it contributed to his lifelong drinking problem.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
But if Timberlake managed to hide his drinking problem from the public, the cameras have long captured his other sandals over the years.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
She’s grown distant from her husband, David (Jack Huston), who has a drinking problem and, likely unbeknownst to her, is having an affair with Mercy, a young Korean American woman who isn’t as well-off as the other characters and fits in awkwardly with her posh friends.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
There’s also some suggestion in that film that Callie maybe has a bit of a drinking problem.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Drinking problem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20problem. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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