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Recent Examples of bacchanaliaAll my pre-planning collapsed into a still-now-overwhelming-to-contemplate bacchanalia of trying stuff.—
Adam Dalva,
Longreads,
29 Apr. 2026 While the young actors light up the screen in their other ventures, here, they are simply dragged and squeezed into Levinson's male gaze bacchanalia.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026 Betting is folded into the bacchanalia, so even non-gamblers gamble.—
J.j. Bailey,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026 Now, 23 years later, Art Basel and the surrounding bacchanalia of Miami Art Week are firmly ensconced, even if the contemporary art market has been in the doldrums, and the city seems to have secured its place in the art firmament – at least in December.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bacchanalia
The dinner capped a long, but friendly, day of meetings and celebrations, as the world’s two most powerful leaders seek to settle trade differences while simultaneously thawing the icy relationship between the United States and China.
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Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2026
Beginning with a full museum activation on Thursday, the celebrations extend through the rest of the weekend, both at the museum's National Mall home and The Wharf, located along the historic Washington Channel of the Potomac River.
Holmes has been busy lately, from attending the Metropolitan Opera opening night gala on Tuesday to sitting front row at the Tod’s spring 2027 show at Milan Fashion Week on Friday.
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Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2026
This can enable a nonprofit to diversify funding beyond annual galas or grant cycles.