as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up
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Recent Examples of lit up
Then again, the world that the all-new Revuelto lands in is almost unrecognizable from the one the rakish Lamborghini 350 GT lit up back when the ’60s were starting to pendulate.
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WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
Just a few years earlier, the four-meter-wide asteroid 2008 TC3 was the first one ever detected before hitting Earth; only six others have been discovered before impact since, including 2023 CX1 that just lit up the English Channel on February 13, 2023, as if marking the week’s anniversary.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2023
The scoreboard lit up with Alexandria Verner’s name and 2020, her graduation year.
—Mike Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
On Monday, many social media sites in the U.S. lit up with theories that Biden had deployed the aerial devices as a way to distract Americans from other, more pressing issues.
—David Klepper, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
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WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
Just a few years earlier, the four-meter-wide asteroid 2008 TC3 was the first one ever detected before hitting Earth; only six others have been discovered before impact since, including 2023 CX1 that just lit up the English Channel on February 13, 2023, as if marking the week’s anniversary.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2023
The scoreboard lit up with Alexandria Verner’s name and 2020, her graduation year.
—Mike Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
On Monday, many social media sites in the U.S. lit up with theories that Biden had deployed the aerial devices as a way to distract Americans from other, more pressing issues.
—David Klepper, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lit up
Adjective
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There’s even a skill tree for drinking alcohol, and one of the unlockable perks allows Henry to be 20-percent quieter when drunk.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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After three hours together, one of my friends was extremely drunk.—
Harriette Cole,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The hard part is carrying around a half drunken flute of champagne.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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While speeding and drunken driving remain issues in Warsaw, the city is committed to the Vision Zero framework, which seeks to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Feb. 2025
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Fast forward to 2024, and Mar’s Lunar New Year party at her West Village hotspot, Le B, saw Martha Stewart holding court in the kitchen as gold confetti showering a crowd noshing on caviar and fried chicken.—
Leah Faye Cooper,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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He was released in the wild about eight weeks later, but was unable to catch prey for himself — often scavenging for food, such as fried chicken from a boat dock in Indiana and bacon from a family’s backyard in Michigan, according to the sanctuary.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Statewide, water supplies are currently sufficient after two wet years.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
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That was true two years ago, when wet weather conditions and low commodity prices made their crop farming a financial challenge.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Dec. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
2 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The second-most-common neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease manifests via such motor problems as impaired balance, slow movement, muscle stiffness and tremors.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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One doctor suggested that many children with medical complexities are simply too impaired to benefit from living in a home environment.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For children to collect SSI they must be disabled or blind, according to the Social Security Administration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Regan befriended Bridger, who died in 1881 blind and penniless after living his final years in Westport, and rubbed shoulders with the James brothers.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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