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as in flings
a time or instance of carefree fun
went on a spending spree
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as in binges
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees, the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose
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Recent Examples of sprees
So far, federal prosecutors in Minnesota have convicted 62 people in connection to the scandal, which tops the list of the nation's most costly COVID-era fraud sprees.
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Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
And already he’s produced a handful of historically significant scoring sprees, including joining Wilt Chamberlain as the only other player to score 200 or more points through the first five games of a season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
Because electricity demand held roughly flat for almost two decades, such growth sprees were hard to justify for years.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
The industry is still outrunning its early days, when investors like Blackstone went on buying sprees after the foreclosure crisis.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Despite the designations, the gangs have continued to carry out violent killing sprees, as well as rapes and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Seven of the victims injured in the stabbing sprees were discharged from hospital as of Tuesday.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Those who remain in El Fasher, the people who survived the killing sprees, are now also facing a malnutrition crisis, as famine has been reported in the Sudanese cities of El Fasher and Kadugli.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
This monster is the precursor to slasher villains like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, who lumber along on their killing sprees, though this blueprint is far more sympathetic.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
And already he’s produced a handful of historically significant scoring sprees, including joining Wilt Chamberlain as the only other player to score 200 or more points through the first five games of a season.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
Because electricity demand held roughly flat for almost two decades, such growth sprees were hard to justify for years.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
The industry is still outrunning its early days, when investors like Blackstone went on buying sprees after the foreclosure crisis.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Despite the designations, the gangs have continued to carry out violent killing sprees, as well as rapes and kidnappings.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Seven of the victims injured in the stabbing sprees were discharged from hospital as of Tuesday.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Those who remain in El Fasher, the people who survived the killing sprees, are now also facing a malnutrition crisis, as famine has been reported in the Sudanese cities of El Fasher and Kadugli.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
This monster is the precursor to slasher villains like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, who lumber along on their killing sprees, though this blueprint is far more sympathetic.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprees
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The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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Skarsgård played one of Donna’s former flings, Bill, in both films.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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The compound works, and while her gluttonous binges become increasingly uncontrolled — filmed by James and DP Charlie Sarroff like woozy Francis Bacon images — her weight keeps plummeting.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2026
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Nathan Fielder projects tend to appear like odd larks, then wind back to reveal themselves as extremely personal inquiries.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
8 Aug. 2025
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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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As Super Bowl festivities take over California, Adcock is using the moment to expand his audience.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The games run through Saturday, February 22, 2026, with the closing ceremony bringing the festivities to an end.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Throughout its 17 years, bitcoin has been defined by cycles—booms and busts that are sometimes explicable and sometimes not.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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The latter is tough to find because most bras that are tailored to those with large busts have intricate straps and hardware to provide support, which results in a stiff, uncomfortable, and restrictive fit.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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In the film, Sandler compares listening to the bits — an elderly Jew talking about his romps through history — to hearing his own Jewish uncles talk in Florida.—
Stephen Silver,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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From lush historical tales to rom-com romps, there's something for everyone in our favorite summer 2025 romance novels.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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But that sequence of prose idylls was the core of the collection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Sprees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprees. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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