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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
Instead of accepting a deal to leave New York for good, Fisk embarks on a murder spree and kills anyone protesting his power.
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Elliot Rodger went on a killing spree, stabbing, shooting and ramming people with a vehicle in Isla Vista, California, killing six people and injuring more than a dozen before dying by suicide.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
That spending spree pulled their 2026 payroll all the way up to 22nd in baseball.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
May her killing spree run forever!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Elliot Rodger went on a killing spree, stabbing, shooting and ramming people with a vehicle in Isla Vista, California, killing six people and injuring more than a dozen before dying by suicide.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
That spending spree pulled their 2026 payroll all the way up to 22nd in baseball.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
May her killing spree run forever!
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spree
Noun
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Janet Walsh, who by all accounts was just a summer fling for Scott Hopkins decades ago, would end up changing the course of his life.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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In the satirical comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen plays a successful and chauvinistic advertising CEO who lives for power and casual flings.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Suddenly, big audiences are harder to come by, and advertisers instead must work harder to persuade individual viewers during personal binge sessions.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
9 May 2026
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Race, bad bosses and the fly-on-the-wall fun of watching office politics and micro-aggressions play out makes this workplace suspense novel a total page-turner (as well as a binge-worthy limited television series).—
Laura Zigman,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Calian applied to Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisitions department on a lark.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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What started as a boyhood lark became a career with a mission.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Portraits of him as a cheating drunk, who was unfaithful to his first wife, Julia Nye, also surfaced.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2026
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And though the local history museum is nothing but artifacts of atrocities (old newspaper report of cannibalism, a murderer’s mask), only Wyck (Stephen Root, great as always) sees anything paranormal in it, and he’s generally written off as a drunk.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Sailors set a season high for runs in a 15-1 romp over Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs at Newport Harbor High.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Beyond that, much of what made the show such a winning romp through Heaven, Hell, and all the spaces in between can be credited to the work of Sheen and Tennant, whose charming performances as an otherworldly odd couple has given Good Omens its heartbeat from the start.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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What started as a political thriller has evolved into a post-apocalyptic mind-bender toying with time travel and alternate dimensions.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Mar. 2026
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But on the other hand, a rehab center for alcoholics doesn’t fold because one of its participants goes on a bender.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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These are not pretty, chintzy designs referencing a pastoral idyll.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Surrounded by mature trees, dense greenery, and high walls, the grounds create a private, park-like idyll with sloping lawns, spacious terraces, and views toward the Hollywood Hills and Griffith Park Observatory, with a swimming pool at the center of the estate.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
7 May 2026
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That monetary intervention poured fuel on the 1999 tech rally, which then went bust in 2000.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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In fossil fuel extraction zones — the Permian Basin in Texas, the Bakken fields of North Dakota, oil regions across the Middle East — lights flicker violently in sync with drilling booms and busts, bearing little relation to broader economic trends.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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“Spree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spree. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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