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Recent Examples of birlThere was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.—Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020 Another, unable to reach dry land, dug his spiked boots into a slippery timber and birled downriver.—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019 In some parts of the United States, birling contests are annual events.—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
First up, while people are revelling following the verdict, the emotional intensity of reaction can be traced to a sense of loss.
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Callum Booth,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.
Most everything else can be consumed or binged at a viewer’s leisure.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 May 2025
Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who.
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Image Image In the village of Midsomer Norton, about 50 miles away, 100 people or so turned out for a community event to wassail three small apple trees in the local park.
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Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
This drink was often used as part of wassailing in England.
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BHG Test Kitchen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2023
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