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as in fling
a time or instance of carefree fun
went on a spending spree
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as in binge
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees, the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose
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Recent Examples of spree
Two people were shot and wounded during the spree.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
During the pandemic, Shvo snapped up the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, and the Coca-Cola building at 711 Fifth Avenue, a $3 billion spree made possible with the backing of German pension fund BVK, the country’s largest public pension group.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Mar. 2026
Desperate, the brothers resort to going on a bank-robbing spree, which becomes a game of cat and mouse as they are tracked by a pair of Texas rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham).
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
Austin’s most famous crime spree before the Tower shooting was the work of a serial killer, not a mass murderer.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
During the pandemic, Shvo snapped up the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, and the Coca-Cola building at 711 Fifth Avenue, a $3 billion spree made possible with the backing of German pension fund BVK, the country’s largest public pension group.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Mar. 2026
Desperate, the brothers resort to going on a bank-robbing spree, which becomes a game of cat and mouse as they are tracked by a pair of Texas rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham).
—Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
Austin’s most famous crime spree before the Tower shooting was the work of a serial killer, not a mass murderer.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spree
Noun
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At Dona Sebastiana’s suggestion, Armando starts a casual fling with a fellow runaway, Claudia, whose reasons for hiding are never revealed.—
Michael Snyder,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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While their fling didn't last, the award-winning actress still looks back fondly on the experience, even passing on lessons from her romantic ventures to her daughters, Rowan, 22, and Grier, 19.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Given how well Queta has played this season, that at-the-rim scoring binge was impressive, but not shocking.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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After the delay, Scheffler enjoyed a back-nine birdie binge, with a five on eight holes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Eight years ago, the duo came together on a lark to make a short film, posting it online and forgetting about it almost immediately.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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So anyone channeling the great novelist’s sensibilities in 2026 must see Jane Austen’s Period Drama as far more than another bloody mash-up lark.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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First off, the guy on the sidewalk outside the liquor store was a drunk, not an oracle.—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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His new assistant, Yancey, was a drunk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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While Minnelli, 79, pens darker moments of grief and addiction, her memoir is an overall romp through a life in showbiz, complete with plenty of witty zingers.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Until now, his detective franchise has been a romp.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Writer-director BenDavid Grabinski makes a strong case to change that in an exuberant time travel genre-bender where what’s old often leads to fresh ideas.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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The latest film from Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa follows a 19-year-old degenerate raver from London who, in the last gasp of an all-time bender, is kidnapped by Stephen Graham and chained up in the basement of a posh estate.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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By lunchtime this Italian idyll had become our entire universe.—
Erin Florio,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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The stately stone manor house at the heart of the private idyll was built around the turn of the 20th century for the Sulzberger family, the longtime publishers of The New York Times.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2026
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In 2014, Bolsonaro, then just a congressman, spit on a bust of Paiva erected to honor his memory during the coup’s 50th anniversary in Congress.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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For decades, memory stocks were stuck in a trader's game, a boom-bust-repeat pattern, but executives now say that AI has structurally broken the old cycle, and prices are showing no signs of coming down.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spree. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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