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as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drank
This is where Wyatt and Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday once drank.
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Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Men and women who drank the most caffeinated coffee had an 18% lower risk of dementia compared to people who consumed little to no caffeine.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 20 Feb. 2026
The benefits appeared to be most pronounced in people who drank 2 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee a day or 1 to 2 cups of caffeinated tea.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
In the early 2000s, there was a viral gossip report that Thornton and the Tomb Raider star drank each other’s blood.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In May 2025, Kennedy drank shots of raw milk in the White House with the podcaster/influencer Carnivore MD.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The benefits appeared to be most pronounced in people who drank two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day, the researchers said, or one to two cups of caffeinated tea.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
People who drank two or three cups of caffeinated coffee or tea a day — about 300 milligrams of caffeine — showed the best results.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Men and women who drank the most caffeinated coffee had an 18% lower risk of dementia compared to people who consumed little to no caffeine.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 20 Feb. 2026
The benefits appeared to be most pronounced in people who drank 2 to 3 cups of caffeinated coffee a day or 1 to 2 cups of caffeinated tea.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
Earlier this month, a newborn baby died from a listeria infection in New Mexico after the infant’s mother drank raw milk, and officials there are warning people off those products while the death is being investigated.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
In the early 2000s, there was a viral gossip report that Thornton and the Tomb Raider star drank each other’s blood.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
In May 2025, Kennedy drank shots of raw milk in the White House with the podcaster/influencer Carnivore MD.
—Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The benefits appeared to be most pronounced in people who drank two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day, the researchers said, or one to two cups of caffeinated tea.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
People who drank two or three cups of caffeinated coffee or tea a day — about 300 milligrams of caffeine — showed the best results.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drank
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Elsewhere, Song Sung Blue best actress nominee Kate Hudson sipped an espresso martini while reuniting with her castmates on Running Point, the Netflix comedy about a fictional LA basketball team, which returns for a second season next month.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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Plates are passed, glasses of wine are sipped, and stories are shared.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently published findings that American businesses and consumers absorbed nearly 90% of the 2025 tariffs’ economic burden.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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And, we may have been raised to care for and even be responsible for a sibling but be unable to prevent them from being swallowed up by their addictive or violent behavior.—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2026
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There have been at least 38 reports of and reviews mentioning the bristle detaching from the brushes, Weber said, and four reports of people who swallowed the metal bristles and sough medical treatment to remove them from their throat or digestive tract.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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