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brannigan

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as in souse

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Both actors were the sons of souses (Dick Hopkins, on retiring from the baking trade, opened a pub), and the stuff was in their bloodstream.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Mars in your sign only happens every two years, souse this time wisely.

— Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 3 Aug. 2025

Definition of souse

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At first, everyone assumes Ji-Seok is on an extended bender or hiding from the cops.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Thinking there was a fender-bender in the parking lot, Frederick and Bassett walked outside, heard screams and looked across the parking lot where a man was stabbing a woman in the front seat of a car.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

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Opening with the title track, feedback-heavy licks set the temperature as Dillom catches us up on the escapades of recent years.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
As is customary on Grylls’ shows, guests dine on animals found during their escapades – each far less appetizing than loaves of bread or fish.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of escapade

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Root had also worked with Rhys on Perry Mason and was quite literally along for the ride with his behind-the-scenes pranks on that show.

— Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
The prank consisted of 50 individuals simultaneously ordering a Waymo on the same dead-end street, creating a pileup that made the company disable rides until the next morning.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of prank

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And then, of course, there were the forgeries, which turned out to be a field day for dueling art historians.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 15 Aug. 2026
The Dolphins offense lost two fumbles, and threw two interceptions on Thursday, the team’s second on-field day of training camp.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

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