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Recent Examples of red-eye
Southwest Airlines will launch daily red-eye service from Sacramento to Chicago Midway International Airport.
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Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Relationship pro tip: Find someone who will take a red-eye from California to New York to cheer you on, as soccer star Trinity Rodman did for boyfriend Ben Shelton at the US Open this week.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
This often means selecting a red-eye flight, especially for longer flights.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Southwest began flying red-eye flights in February.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
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Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Relationship pro tip: Find someone who will take a red-eye from California to New York to cheer you on, as soccer star Trinity Rodman did for boyfriend Ben Shelton at the US Open this week.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
This often means selecting a red-eye flight, especially for longer flights.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
Southwest began flying red-eye flights in February.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red-eye
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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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Powell gave up alcohol during filming.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The outlets added that Flores is on probation from a 2023 conviction involving a gun and DUI, which bars him from possessing firearms or drinking alcohol.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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On select dates, the pop-up offers a unique drink-and-tattoo experience, as well as live tarot readings ready to reveal what the spirits have in store.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The pair was in good spirits during the season 8 reunion, with Daniel flaunting a tattoo of Taylor's eyes on his chest that's equal parts romantic and upsetting.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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The question, delivered via pay phone, is an old security prompt, and Bob, with a memory fried by pot and booze, cannot remember the answer.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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During Prohibition, waiters famously slipped sips of bootleg booze to patrons from flasks tucked inside their apron pockets.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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Audience online have embraced the musical's campy humor, jaw-dropping stage illusions and sing-along score, with bootleg of the production going viral on TikTok and YouTube.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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As Allen pulls the handoff for the naked bootleg, Hawes comes off his block with the defensive end’s sole attention on the uber mobile Allen.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since developing the coffee program at Yum Village, where Nyles crafted coffee beverages infused with Afro-Caribbean flavors like lattes flavored with buttered rum and scotch bonnets, Hold Me Closer XX is now located inside the Corktown production studio 1301 Studios.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sub a spiced or dark rum for the white to get more depth and caramely notes.—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-eye. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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