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Noun
  • Yet, with any colossal success, there can always be backlash, with some criticizing the higher alcohol levels.
    Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Rick Rodriguez, 24, was arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs and was hospitalized with major injuries, the CHP said.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Since emerging, the group has successfully protected liquor stores, churches, shrines and residences from theft and vandalism, according to the Eagles of Antioch.
    Chris Massaro, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Tariffs would almost certainly make European wine and other alcoholic beverages cost more for the average American ordering wine from a restaurant or shopping in their local liquor store.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Yes, these fizzy drinks still contain some of the sweet stuff, but in relatively low amounts.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Golden Milk Golden milk is a drink made with milk, ground turmeric, and other spices like ginger and black pepper.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There, spectators competed to outdo one another with outrageous costumes and copious amounts of booze.
    Andrew McNicol, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The casts of Summer House, Winter House, and Southern Charm are beefing over booze brands across the Bravo-verse, on podcasts, and in the tabloids.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Manufactured objects — plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete buildings, teabags, wind turbines, cell phones, T-shirts, aluminum cans — outweigh the living world and will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to our existence.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The rookie hero, opening beer bottles with his eye socket, pulling out his own tooth with pliers, and being stabbed by a fan in Mexico wielding a pen, made news everywhere.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the cachaça, made of sugarcane juice, is not such a big leap from rum, made from molasses.
    Hilary Armstrong, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Twists On Tradition Throughout the bushwacker’s history, different places have put their own spin on the ingredient list, but the drink usually contains some combo of rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, amaretto and coconut cream, thickened with milk, half-and-half or ice cream.
    Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Aqua vitae.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqua%20vitae. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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