as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town
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Recent Examples of jamboree
For why else shutter two highly successful fashion show formats in favor of an untested runway-free jamboree of collaboration?
The A$AP Rocky still for the Moncler Born Genius campaign.
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Luke Leitch, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
This venue is an important center for traditional music and dance, hosting a Friday night jamboree every weekend since the 1980s.
—G. Samantha Rosenthal, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Now the festival has grown to an all-day jamboree with a fireworks finale to cap off the night.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
Flag football More than 110 girls flag football teams showed up at UCLA on Saturday for a jamboree sponsored by the Rams.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Luke Leitch, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
This venue is an important center for traditional music and dance, hosting a Friday night jamboree every weekend since the 1980s.
—G. Samantha Rosenthal, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Now the festival has grown to an all-day jamboree with a fireworks finale to cap off the night.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
Flag football More than 110 girls flag football teams showed up at UCLA on Saturday for a jamboree sponsored by the Rams.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jamboree
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The Los Angeles Dodgers' offseason spending spree might not be over, but their future salary commitments have risen to nearly half a billion dollars already.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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In their first two playoff games, the Bills combined their outstanding running game and a shutdown defensive effort to defeat the Broncos, and a takeaway spree to get the job done against the Ravens.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Liquor stores would have to pay for accidents caused by drunks.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Jake Foulger Photo: Bravo/Laurent Bassett/Bravo Deckhand Below Deck Season 9 — A drunk who was always getting his naughty bits out, Jake even had an aborted threeway with Fraser Olender and Rayna Lindsey.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2024
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That’s when Rupert went on a seven-point scoring binge in the next 25 seconds, pulling Portland within 90-89.—
Jason Quick,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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During his three-day posting binge, Musk has called for UK government officials to be hanged and jailed, demanded the removal of Keir Starmer as UK prime minister, and suggested notorious far-right activist Tommy Robinson be released from prison.—
David Gilbert,
WIRED,
3 Jan. 2025
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These metrics can fluctuate pretty wildly as teams go on shooting benders and goalies make (or don’t make) saves.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Awards, previously invoked a 72-hour bender in explaining a career-jarring 2021 incident where he was caught on video shouting a racial slur at a friend.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Jamboree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jamboree. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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