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Recent Examples of bacchanal
The infamous bacchanal held in the dusty, dry lake bed of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert started at a high of 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, August 29.
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Alden Wicker, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2023
The woman at the center of revelations of bacchanals at the former Italian prime minister’s villa is still fighting a court case, and a negative public image, 14 years later.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Or perhaps there are simply too many visions, all elbowing for center stage in Coppola’s rowdy bacchanal.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
But, in a stroke of political savvy, Harrison leaned into the image, campaigning from town to town in a kind of roving bacchanal.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Alden Wicker, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2023
The woman at the center of revelations of bacchanals at the former Italian prime minister’s villa is still fighting a court case, and a negative public image, 14 years later.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Or perhaps there are simply too many visions, all elbowing for center stage in Coppola’s rowdy bacchanal.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
But, in a stroke of political savvy, Harrison leaned into the image, campaigning from town to town in a kind of roving bacchanal.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
Noun
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But Clay’s psychosexual and personal freefall does not land him at a Long Island orgy for the super rich.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s the contest itself, the Big Game, and then there’s the week leading up to it, a jubilee of parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment complex and a bucket-list indulgence for fans who can spare the time and the expense.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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What’s Fat Tuesday without a free Krispy Kreme doughnut? On March 4, Mardi Gras revelers wearing colorful beads synonymous with the cultural and religious holiday can get a free original glazed doughnut in-store, Krispy Kreme said in a news release.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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There are many reasons to visit New Orleans, from po' boys filled with heaps of fried shrimp spilling out of pillowy soft French bread, the shrill trills of brass trumpets, and the constant bustle of revelers across the city.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the sartorial outerwear and tailored pieces it is known for, the in-house brand of Italian manufacturing company Castor put a stronger focus on nighttime via sensual options targeting those who might be a different kind of party animal: understated yet elegant.—
WWD,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
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The black hole at the heart of our galaxy is a real party animal, endlessly blowing cosmic bubbles.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Nicola Coughlan supports Bowen Yang at The Wedding Banquet opening gala in London, and Pedro Pascal looks as handsome as ever in Oakland, California.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Cheers to Change 2025: A charity gala hosted by the Victim Service Center of Central Florida.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.—
Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2023
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According to the study, led by Shevach Friedler and published in Fertility and Sterility, a medical merrymaker visited the fertility clinic regularly for a year.—
Patrick Morgan,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2011
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As the pig slowly roasts in an imu pit and the partygoers cut loose, the celebration boils over when Ryan uncovers the missing memory of when his life took a tragic turn.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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The confrontation intensified as partygoers from a nearby house flooded into the street.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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