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Noun
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In fact, severe alcoholics may become immunocompromised.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026 -
AlAnon is a support group for family and friends of alcoholics/addicts.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Most beer drinkers simply ignored the category altogether.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Now even casual drinkers seem to be on a journey of sorts—if not toward sobriety, then toward some kind of self-knowledge.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Barflies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barflies. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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