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Recent Examples of tipsiness
This alleyway, right next to Kyoto’s main Kamo River, is packed with tiny, pristine bars and yakitori, an excellent place to sit outside and watch people—of all ages and nationalities and levels of tipsiness—flow by.
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Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipsiness
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Ultimately, jurors sided with prosecutors whose 2023 criminal indictment outlined numerous instances of teens getting injured as a result of their inebriation under her watch.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Spike Jones and His City Slickers recorded their version with a flurry of wacky sound effects that made the inebriation seem even more soused.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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And Todd Blanche's comments can only be attributed to power intoxication and his willingness to want to stay.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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She was taken to the Hernando County Detention Center and was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, breach of peace/disorderly intoxication.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Authorities say Kristina Lopez Lujan is now charged with simple battery, public drunkenness, and disorderly conduct.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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States have generally applied Clean Slate to non-violent, low-level offenses like writing a bad check, drug possession or public drunkenness.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Ten police officers were injured in the post-game revelry, including one who was struck in the face with a glass bottle, the NYPD said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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The Pines, for instance, is noted for gay revelry amid geometrically precise houses by Horace Gifford, Harry Bates, and other important modernist architects.—
Fred A. Bernstein,
Architectural Digest,
8 June 2026
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“Tipsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsiness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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