Thesaurus results for RED-EYE

red-eye

noun

Definition of red-eye

as in rotgut

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Recent Examples of red-eye Tyler recounted having sex with Misley on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel didn’t hide from quarterback Drake Maye’s struggles on Thursday afternoon after a red-eye, cross-country flight back from Seattle following his team’s season-opening loss to the Seahawks. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Following the game, the team boarded a red-eye flight back to Newark Liberty International Airport. — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Instead of sending an account executive to smooth things over, Dibrov booked a red-eye flight himself, showed up in person, and talked the customer back into the relationship by coming up with a plan to resolve any technical issues. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for red-eye

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Noun

But mingling with Robert Mitchum and Lana Turner, cocktail in hand, makes even a rotgut movie a top-shelf experience.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023
Born in 1912 to a Kashmiri family in the northern state of Punjab, Manto fell under the spell of Gorky and Poe, not to mention the rotgut that would kill him at the age of forty-two.

— Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022

Definition of rotgut

Noun

The government was the one that was poisoning the industrial alcohol the people were stealing to make bathtub gin.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bathtub gin

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LaGrone was directed not to possess weapons, alcohol or drugs and remain under the care of a person whose initials are noted in a document.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Flair, 77, has battled health and alcohol issues over the years.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of alcohol

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Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of spirits

Noun

Arthur Russell — Hall’s primary musical collaborator and the artist most associated with his own work — lived on the top floor, a cord of bootleg electricity snaking up from Ginsberg’s window to his apartment.

— Jack Denton, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The Food and Drug Administration received reports in recent months that two people died after taking bootleg versions of an experimental weight-loss drug, according to documents reviewed by CBS News.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bootleg

Noun

The verdict St Vincent possesses an unexplored, get-away-from-it-all tranquillity that many more boisterous Caribbean islands would sell their last rum punch for.

— James Rampton, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
An empty bottle of rum was also found in the bedroom with tissue fragments and DNA on it, which police believed to be the murder weapon.

— Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rum

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