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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
The crime spree occurred from May to December 2023.
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
Before London’s late surge, Boyd had a scoring spree of its own.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2026
Four of the six victims killed this week in a shooting spree across a small city in eastern Iowa in an apparent domestic dispute were students and employees at a local school district, authorities said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Hansen is believed to have started his murder spree in 1972, but during that time, he was also arrested for larceny after trying to steal a chainsaw.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026
Before London’s late surge, Boyd had a scoring spree of its own.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 June 2026
Four of the six victims killed this week in a shooting spree across a small city in eastern Iowa in an apparent domestic dispute were students and employees at a local school district, authorities said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Hansen is believed to have started his murder spree in 1972, but during that time, he was also arrested for larceny after trying to steal a chainsaw.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spree
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During a brief period of separation from Blythe, Don had a fling with Dixie, resulting in the birth of his other son, Blue (Hunter McVey).—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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DeLauter embarked on a historic home run binge the first week of the season, carrying the lineup through a daunting opening trip to Seattle and Los Angeles.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more!—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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The theme seems like a lark, but the incense holder is actually the most common item that designers submit to Lichen for consideration.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
23 May 2026
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His movies are goofs, larks, stunts, knowingly arch bizarro-world riffs.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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But Grossman described characterizations of his wife driving drunk, racing and hitting the boys after going as fast as 82 mph in a 45-mph zone as inaccurate.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.—
Kyle Wagner,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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The European romp does, after all, happen for a reason that is impossible to accept—for viewers as well as for Ava.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Thus Director Park will likely be mulling over the sprawling monster sci-fi Hope, by his countryman Na Hong-Jin, and possibly Léa Mysius’s thriller-romp The Birthday Party, which contains a lot of Park’s trademark black humor.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 May 2026
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Lost soon evolved from a standard survival tale into a twisty mind-bender with various mysteries woven throughout its six seasons, from the Others to the Dharma Initiative to the onset of time travel.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 May 2026
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Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
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If powder-white beaches, turquoise waters, and lush jungles are at the top of your travel itinerary, the following 11 idylls are must-gos, where nature is at its most relaxed and pleasurable.—
Skyli Alvarez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
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Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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But at The Post, the promise of reinvention-or-bust under Will Lewis came with a battered newsroom, a mass exodus of talent, a flood of scandals, lots of internal turmoil — and a business still in real trouble.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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There’s a similar amount of personality within Hadspen House, where a Roman bust wears a necklace of seashells and a snug room is decorated in the colors of the croquet set outside on the lawn.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spree. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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