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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drank
The regulars were middle-aged men who routinely drank five or six cocktails after work and were only rarely sloppy.
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Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Researchers found the strongest association among people who drank about two to three cups of caffeinated coffee or one to two cups of tea each day.
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Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In terms of drinks, colonists didn't have ways to purify their water, so people drank small beer or weak wine, Miller said.
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Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 June 2026
That roughly mirrors our own finding of what crops actually drank, based on the state’s study of satellite data.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
One by one, from Rhode Island to Georgia, rioters in each colony pillaged collectors’ wine cellars, drank all their liquor and forced them to publicly resign.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
No wonder Don Draper drank booze all the time.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
In Boston, Scottish soccer fans recently took over the downtown Sam Adams brewery and drank 70 kegs of the iconic American beer in a four-day stretch, Boston Beer Company confirmed to ABC News, effectively tapping out the supply.
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Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Yellowjackets star's ex-husband, 43, filed for an emergency custody hearing after his 11-year-old son Freddie texted him to say that Ricci drank alcohol on a June 16 flight to Canada.
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Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Meghan O’Gieblyn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
Researchers found the strongest association among people who drank about two to three cups of caffeinated coffee or one to two cups of tea each day.
—
Lauren Pastrana,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
In terms of drinks, colonists didn't have ways to purify their water, so people drank small beer or weak wine, Miller said.
—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 June 2026
That roughly mirrors our own finding of what crops actually drank, based on the state’s study of satellite data.
—
Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
One by one, from Rhode Island to Georgia, rioters in each colony pillaged collectors’ wine cellars, drank all their liquor and forced them to publicly resign.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
No wonder Don Draper drank booze all the time.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
In Boston, Scottish soccer fans recently took over the downtown Sam Adams brewery and drank 70 kegs of the iconic American beer in a four-day stretch, Boston Beer Company confirmed to ABC News, effectively tapping out the supply.
—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Yellowjackets star's ex-husband, 43, filed for an emergency custody hearing after his 11-year-old son Freddie texted him to say that Ricci drank alcohol on a June 16 flight to Canada.
—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drank
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While espresso can be sipped on its own, it’s often used as the base of so many beloved coffee drinks like lattes, mochas, Americanos, and even espresso martinis.
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Guests sipped cocktails as music by Travis Tritt and Jake Owen played over the loudspeakers.
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Kara crashes in, all boozed up, having returned to a planet where their super-metabolism doesn’t work.
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Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.
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Inhalers are often used for asthma, a condition in which the lungs struggle to get enough air absorbed and sent to the body.
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The soap can be absorbed by the berries, potentially introducing contaminants.
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That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
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Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
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In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
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Each player swallowed a biometric tablet, about the size of a large vitamin, so that scientists could see how well his body cooled itself.
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Today, the border's meanderings to its current location is the story of the birth of a nation that swallowed Native American tribes, Spanish descendants and Mexican citizens.
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While the amount of alcohol imbibed declined in 49 of the 50 states, Nevada bucked the trend.
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“Drank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drank. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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