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Adjective
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Proctor was officially fired from his post on March 19 of this year — just two weeks before the start of Read's second trial — for what Massachusetts State Police said was unsatisfactory performance and a charge related to alcoholic beverages, according to GBH News.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
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In general, a Priority Pass lounge offers complimentary access to snacks or meals, alcoholic beverages, Wi-Fi, power outlets, and comfortable seating before most flights.—
Paul Rubio,
AFAR Media,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate.—
Michael Stein,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 Nov. 2022
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White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends.—
Nancy Bilyeau,
Town & Country,
1 Feb. 2022
Adjective
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Nick, a prequel to the original, offers us Carraway’s backstory as a soldier in World War I and a wanderer trying to find his way in a dissolute world.—
Danielle Teller,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874, moved across the country following the death of his dissolute, larger-than-life father, and made a series of homes in mill towns north of Boston with his mother, who was a schoolteacher, and his younger sister.—
Maggie Doherty,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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From that bibulous beginning, Mr. Epstein became a driving force behind the Library of America, which published its first books in 1979.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Feb. 2022
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Aside from his bibulous peculiarities, Old Roy is generous, brave, courteous and a keen lover of fun.—
John MacCormack,
San Antonio Express-News,
20 Jan. 2018
Adjective
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The site includes a central area with a cross vault and large caryatids with baskets, a large niche with a rocky backdrop and fountain, and three arms.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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The second iteration of the event was already off to a rocky start after tickets went on sale in February, when the Isla Mujeres government said that no permits had been approved for the fest.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers have recently taken a closer look at the role of the immune system in provoking those crapulous mornings.—
Jesse Hawley,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2021
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The memory ends with the image of my friend squatting, crapulous, and dumping her purse on the sidewalk.—
Justin Torres,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2021
Adjective
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One hour before sunrise, seven planets will be strung out across the sky from east to west, starting with Mercury and Jupiter very low to the eastern horizon.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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They were strung out, seeking help, and fell into a confounding dystopia.—
Teri Sforza,
Orange County Register,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Dipsomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomaniacal. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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