wassailed

Definition of wassailednext
past tense of wassail
as in roistered
to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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  • This is where Wyatt and Virgil Earp and Doc Holliday once drank.
    Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Men and women who drank the most caffeinated coffee had an 18% lower risk of dementia compared to people who consumed little to no caffeine.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 20 Feb. 2026
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  • While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Paramount+ has historically seen higher churn but UFC fans should make for stickier subscribers—traditional sports leagues have off-seasons and TV shows can be quickly binged, but the UFC’s programming is ongoing.
    Andrew Root, Sportico.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • My colleague Jesse David Fox just binged all five episodes of the season.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Wassailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wassailed. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.

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