as in drunks
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
the Old West custom of heading to the saloon at night for an all-out carouse and some poker playing
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Noun
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Research is mixed as to how many drinks an adult can safely consume.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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What if only one person in your party drinks alcohol?—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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And already he’s produced a handful of historically significant scoring sprees, including joining Wilt Chamberlain as the only other player to score 200 or more points through the first five games of a season.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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Because electricity demand held roughly flat for almost two decades, such growth sprees were hard to justify for years.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The compound works, and while her gluttonous binges become increasingly uncontrolled — filmed by James and DP Charlie Sarroff like woozy Francis Bacon images — her weight keeps plummeting.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Carouses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carouses. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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