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Recent Examples of dipsomania
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggly Wiggly to stock up on Wonder Bread and milk before the impending snowstorm hit, savvy folks focused more on their looming dipsomania.
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Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipsomania
Noun
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Together, the officers from the disparate agencies form large crews to pull over motorists, serve warrants, block people from jumping fare gates at Metro subway stations, and crack down on low-level crimes such as drug possession and public intoxication.—
Daniel C. Vock,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Bailey Lyle, 27, and Richard Goode, 29, both died of accidental drug intoxication.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
26 Aug. 2025
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Brilliant but famously difficult to work with due to his alcoholism, Lorenz Hart died the year after his collaborator Richard Rodgers launched his successful creative partnership with Oscar Hammerstein.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
2 Sep. 2025
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Fuller, who had an absent father and mother with alcoholism, was in a crash in 2019 that left him permanently disabled and he's also been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Dipsomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomania. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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