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wassailed

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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  • The first urban inhabitants drank wine, a recent archaeological survey found, after discovering the rare wine press near Tel Megiddo in Israel’s north.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The two had spent hours chatting as Shamblin drank hard ciders on a remote Texas roadside.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Tiny reveled about her husband on her own Instagram.
    Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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  • Alternating between Laura and Cherry’s stark perspectives adds to the fun of the series that begs to be binged.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no one in my social circle who hasn’t binged The Hunting Wives by now.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Wassailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wassailed. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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