dram

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Recent Examples of dram Whisky lovers are donning kilts in anticipation of Burns Night, the annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet, which features poetry, bagpipes and wee drams. Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2026 The menu features Scottish cuisine made from local ingredients, like scallops collected by one of the distillery’s stillmen, local venison, and vegetables grown on the island, while a whisky trolley patrols the dining room offering a range of drams each night. Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025 While all that’s going on, Brian takes a dram with his father and talks about his future within the family. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025 Climate-positive, organic and sustainable drams are in force at smaller independents like Arbikie, Kilchoman, Nc’Nean and Raasay, while surging investment and hype in the country’s returning ghost distilleries, like Rosebank, Port Ellen and Brora, are remedying the past. Mike MacEacheran, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dram
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Noun
  • Another guy who drew a lot of attention during the season (and throughout his career as a splash player) was Oklahoma edge R Mason Thomas.
    Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • If all goes according to plan, its protective heat shield and a sequence of massive parachutes will ensure that the capsule—and the four astronauts inside—will land with a gentle splash in the Pacific Ocean at a leisurely 17 miles per hour.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For whatever sprinkling of sociopathy that Quinn might have, seeing her dead best friend’s daughter, who looks just like her best friend, standing in front of her cracks through a little bit.
    Max Gao, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
  • For a subtle scent boost, mix in a few drops of essential oils before sprinkling.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Despite the anguish — often told as a punch line — the winner of the competition offered a glimmer of hope to the nearly 90 attendees live-voting throughout the show via an app.
    Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But there is a glimmer of hope.
    Jessica Lautz, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For Rory McIlroy, the trek toward getting a second Masters championship got a little bit harder.
    Rod Beard, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026
  • For whatever sprinkling of sociopathy that Quinn might have, seeing her dead best friend’s daughter, who looks just like her best friend, standing in front of her cracks through a little bit.
    Max Gao, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For an understated look with just a hint of color, baby pink is your perfect shade.
    Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Becky, who Brewer portrays as a fading cheerleader with an ebullience that turns sinister in a snap, refuses to take the hint after Max tries to drop her after a night on the town.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Only film-lover Bella retains a shred of optimism into adulthood, having started a new romance with a film usher.
    Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The proteinmaxxers leapt on the buffet, heaping spoonfuls of hummus and shreds of rotisserie chicken onto paper plates.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Nanny Aimee -- our second in command -- was moving through the far corners of the house, waking up each of the littles, kissing sleepy eyelids, tugging my two toddlers gently forward into the day.
    Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Strong adults will let the littles (who really should not be skiing with their own poles yet in most cases) grab their pole.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • What emerged was an omelet of ideal and epitomic shape—straight, proudly puffed, about six and a half inches long and two and a half inches wide, with squarish ends and neither a speck nor drop of oil or liquid egg anywhere around.
    Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Is that oblong speck an egg sac or a flake of dandruff?
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Dram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dram. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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