birled

past tense of birl, chiefly Scottish
as in roistered
to take part in drunken revelry spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night

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  • The group that knowingly drank decaf also improved, though less dramatically.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • But the group that knowingly drank decaf also experienced significant relief, while the water group saw essentially no change.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
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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.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Cotillard binged the entire show in three days and was a fan, Leder recalled.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 10 June 2026
  • Audiences had binged Tiger King in 2020, following the lead-up to Joe Exotic’s conviction for hiring someone to kill Carole Baskin, his competitor in the big cat world.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
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“Birled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birled. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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