as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor
one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping
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Systolic and diastolic blood pressure both increase over time with alcohol intake, according to a report published Aug. 14.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025 -
An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 22-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol at 1:02 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 1200 block of East Ogden Avenue.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Don’t let the green mist tinged with white lightning and rotating cosmic orifices fool you, however: Ingesting psychedelic drugs is not recommended before watching this film.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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Above the patch is another white lightning bolt.—
Omari Sankofa II,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Nov. 2021
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Alcohol consumption has declined in the U.S., a trend that’s led by Gen Z, a group that’s consumed far less booze than millennials and other older generations.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ashley McBryde wants to normalize not drinking alcohol in a town built on booze.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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Dating back to the spring, Landry has been effective defending bootleg passes to his side, showing initial discipline and then rushing the quarterback into a throwaway.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
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There’s a twisted kind of logic to city pop’s trajectory, where the same recommendation algorithms that gave the genre a random resurgence would now also push people onto robo bootlegs—whatever drives clicks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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“Mountain dew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20dew. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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