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jamboree

noun

ˌjam-bə-ˈrē

Definition of jamboree

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town

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Recent Examples of jamboree Lake Howell coach Dazzie Morris scheduled a couple of 2025 playoff teams for his spring jamboree for a reason. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Boy Scout jamborees and women’s marches. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026 This fall, as the season approached, the Cyclones played in a jamboree, featuring half-court scrimmage games with other college teams. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Gather up your pals for a juke-joint jamboree, then read on for a list of the biggest snubs and surprises of the 98th Oscars. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jamboree

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Read our full breakdown of Jackson’s historic spending spree.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026
This bacterial illness is infamous for the explosive killing spree known as the Black Death, which wiped out between a third and half of the population of Europe between 1347 and 1353.

— Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of spree

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Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The driver who officers say was going the wrong way has been identified as 39-year-old Emichell Noloya and is now facing drunk-driving, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, refusal to take a breath test, and other charges.

— Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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Rave to the Grave Lights Down Low wrangles a bill right at home on a Berlin bender — Avalon Emerson (who has a great pop project too), Sextile, Ellen Allien, Effy and Johnny from the industrial-noise combo Health.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
This means the choice should be somebody who, for instance, isn’t going to sound off divisively about politics, get into messy domestic disputes or start going on public benders.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026

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