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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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Described as semi-autobiographical, the play follows a year in the life of college student Josh (Ben Hirschhorn), whose alcoholism has led him from theater school in New York to the shores of a reservoir in his Colorado hometown.—
Chad Jones,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Other factors also contributed to Adair’s death, including hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and hepatic cirrhosis due to chronic alcoholism.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Dipsomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipsomania. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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