as in sprees
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before
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Singer Bradley Nowell drunk-steered his band through sordid anthems, crashing through references to classic ska and dancehall songs, shouting out Rudimentary Peni and Geto Boys, and re-setting the murder ballads and drug sprees of outlaw country in suburban California.
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The surge in pink slips started in 2023, when companies that had gone on hiring sprees during the COVID-19 pandemic began to cut back.
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Shop our favorite ways to carry your gear, cool off in the shade, and keep snacks and drinks fresh all day long.
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Everyone here drinks the wellness kool-aid—from Lululemon yogis perfecting their headstands to tree huggers taking beekeeping classes.
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For speeders, drunks, reckless drivers and the like.
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.
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Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.
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In 1945, Claire and Frank finally take a real honeymoon in Inverness, where Claire basically binges info on Scottish Highlander history and the Battle of Culloden thanks to Frank nerding out.
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“Wassails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wassails. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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