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bender

noun

ˈben-dər

Definition of bender

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender

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Recent Examples of bender The next scene fast-forwards to the present, where Gigi is passed out in a bed in Hollis’s house after a bender. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026 Fast forward to 1953 and the Delage was apparently involved in a fender-bender and dispatched to famed coachbuilder Saoutchik for repairs. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 July 2026 Kal-El shows up during the opening minutes of Supergirl (in theaters this weekend) via video message to ask when Kara Zor-El plans to head back home after her birthday bender. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026 Elfman’s feature directorial debut was the genre-bender Next Exit, which premiered at Tribeca and was released in theaters by Magnolia Pictures. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bender

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Olive and Nikki are two of four Girl Scouts whose six-week selling spree is followed in Cookie Queens.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026
Valeria Mongelli / Anadolu via Getty Images The previous year, a former police officer killed 36 people during a three-hour shooting and stabbing spree in the country’s northeast.

— Nat Sumon, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of spree

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Many years ago, before drunk-driving charges were euphemized as driving while intoxicated, Dan Marino liked to imbibe a little.

— Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Wallen specializes in whiskey-drunk seductions to skeptical girls who can’t resist his charms.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of drunk

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The show nonetheless takes an unexpected direction that makes for an enjoyably low-key binge.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
But unlike prior seasons, this time the series drops all episodes at once, giving the franchise its first true binge release after two seasons of weekly rollouts.

— Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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