familiar spirit

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Recent Examples of familiar spirit Pros and Cons Pros Spirits provided Partners with familiar spirits brands Free shipping for subscribers Cons Small online bottle shop Customer service is e-mail only Overview Some cocktail kits require you to provide the spirit to make their drinks. Rich Manning, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023 Eladio Carrión and Don Julio González, the late founder of the iconic tequila brand, share a familiar spirit. Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 12 June 2023 But by his own admission King had tagged me with a familiar spirit. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 These hues capture a familiar spirit of belonging, warmth, and self-expression. Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022 When entering their third season in 1997 and dealing with the departure of scene-stealer Chevy Chase, the SNL cast found a familiar spirit in host Grodin. Samantha Pitchel, Vulture, 18 May 2021 The Modernist stocks several bottles of the alcohol-free label Seedlip, which approximates the flavors of familiar spirits without the hangover. Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiar spirit
Noun
  • Its people — tough, creative, generous, and endlessly ambitious — deserve leadership that matches their spirit.
    John Foley, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Then, in February, the 10-day Carnival fills the streets with music, parades, and inventive costumes featuring giant handmade masks that represent fearsome creatures, which scare away winter spirits, or joyful beings celebrating their retreat, dating back to ancient pagan customs.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Central Staircase An eerie apparition of Mary Worth will appear at the top of the staircase.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ezra is a doula who can see ghosts, and Jonathan is a widower mourning his late husband, Ben, who Ezra can inexplicably both see and hear, even though that definitely breaks ghost rules.
    Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But why did skeletons, witches and ghosts start popping up as fireworks faded away?
    George Petras, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Future Antarctic and radio-neutrino arrays will decide if ANITA glimpsed a phantom or a frontier.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Because contemporary phantoms of Richard Mille, Patek Philippe, and Rolex are expertly constructed to entice even the most discerning eye, provenance is crucial.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Familiar spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familiar%20spirit. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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