the drink

noun

old-fashioned
: an area of water (such as a lake or pond)
The ball rolled down the hill and into the drink.

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In 2024, the drink went viral on social media due to Hulu’s reality television show, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and an Olivia Rodrigo endorsement, according to Bon Appetit. Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025 First introduced in 2003, the return of the PSL has become an annual rite of late summer since Starbucks introduced the drink. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 Therefore, Starmer opted not to pay the difference to purchase the drink. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 The problem is, people were drinking a lot of bad ones, sullying their opinion of the drink. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the drink

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“The drink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20drink. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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