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Recent Examples of red-eye
After a red-eye flight from Arizona, the 41-year-old Prater landed in Buffalo, New York, before 7 a.m. Thursday.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Southwest Airlines will launch daily red-eye service from Sacramento to Chicago Midway International Airport.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This often means selecting a red-eye flight, especially for longer flights.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2025
Although the lack of roux means that red-eye gravy is ready in minutes with minimal stirring and no risk of lumping, some cooks cannot resist thickening their gravy with pinches of flour or cornmeal, or toning it down with a splash of cream.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Southwest Airlines will launch daily red-eye service from Sacramento to Chicago Midway International Airport.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
This often means selecting a red-eye flight, especially for longer flights.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red-eye
Noun
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As alcohol bans lingered, poorer quality substitutes increasingly overwhelmed the black market: bathtub gin, pure grain alcohol and other rotguts.—
David Reamer | Alaska history,
Anchorage Daily News,
23 July 2023
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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
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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
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It is known for its refreshing notes of honey and lemon, which balance out the immense spice of bathtub gin.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
23 Nov. 2024
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Of course, the bags don’t actually hide anything; in fact, they are reserved specifically for, and definitively signal, the drinking of alcohol.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Brian reportedly had 187 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood while being examined after her death.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Walking tour explores the controversies, feuds and spirits that still haunt the grounds of this river city.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Nolet family has been perfecting the art of spirits since 1691, when the first copper still fired up in Schiedam, Holland.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
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Raw, sweaty, and steeped in debauchery, the track chronicles a spiral of booze, heartbreak, and nights lost in a haze of resistol fumes, all layered with his signature gritty rap flow.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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America's River Roots Festival is taking over the Ohio River this weekend with boats, music, food and booze.—
Rasputin Todd,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Oct. 2025
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Down the block La Labo is opening, but also next to us is a bootleg flower shop out of this woman’s home.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Latu’s pressure off the edge disrupted Smith’s timing on what was supposed to be a play-action bootleg pass, so much so that Smith never actually threw the ball.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Special drinks include the Siesta (Altos Blanco, Campari and lime and grapefruit juice); the Basil Daiquiri (rum, St Germain, chartreuse, lime and basil); the Tropical Old Fashioned (Brugal 1888, banana, pineapple, bitters and coconut sugar); and the French 75 (cognac, lemon and champagne).—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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This rum scent is one of their best-sellers—androgynous, herbal, crisp.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-eye. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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