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
In my many decades of dealing with the city and state, this proposal ranks right up there as one of the all-time mind benders.
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Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Keith Richards wanted a guitar with a B-string bender—a device that musicians put inside their guitars to emulate the sound of a pedal steel.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
This Twisting the Truth bender Nan is on continues when Lizzy races to Tintagel for her first face-to-face with her friend after the affair with Theo is exposed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Uncle Sam has been on a spending bender and has a $2-trillion deficit to tame.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Donna Frye, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Keith Richards wanted a guitar with a B-string bender—a device that musicians put inside their guitars to emulate the sound of a pedal steel.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
This Twisting the Truth bender Nan is on continues when Lizzy races to Tintagel for her first face-to-face with her friend after the affair with Theo is exposed.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Uncle Sam has been on a spending bender and has a $2-trillion deficit to tame.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bender
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Advertisement In the late 2000s, as the climate warmed further, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loosened restrictions on well drilling and started another dam building spree.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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When a chilling new spree of murders happens 37 years later, an older Georgia (Heather Mitchell) is pulled back into the nightmare.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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In 1984, a 20-year-old woman named Kathleen Barry was killed in a drunk-driving crash, prompting legal reforms in Massachusetts.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yes, that is not a way to clear herself from the problem of very publicly calling Shannon a drunk.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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Interestingly, though, brokerage strategists' index targets continue to lag the index itself, professional investors are not yet maxed out on equity risk and even the retail-trader frenzy is short of the 2021 binge on unprofitable tech stocks and meme plays.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bender. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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