caroused

Definition of carousednext
past tense of carouse
as in drank
to take part in drunken revelry spent all of shore leave carousing with his mates

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  • O’Sullivan shared dinners with the family, drank with the man’s parents, and would pray with and counsel them, Baillie said.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 19 Apr. 2026
  • O’Keefe family members had between the two criminal trials filed a civil suit against Read and two bars where Read and O’Keefe had drank the night ahead of his death.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 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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  • Some were built to be binged, engineered for the streaming era when a full season premiered at once, and some were designed as limited series.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Paramount+ has historically seen higher churn but UFC fans should make for stickier subscribers—traditional sports leagues have off-seasons and TV shows can be quickly binged, but the UFC’s programming is ongoing.
    Andrew Root, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Caroused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caroused. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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