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noun

plural of wassail

as in sprees

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wassail

as in drinks

to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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The People’s Bank of China, for instance, has pushed for multi-month buying sprees, while the Reserve Bank of India has repatriated roughly 100 tonnes of gold back to domestic vaults.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026

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At one point, Jiavani, alone in Room 1 for a round of Count the Rice, just dumps all the rice into her Room 2 mocktail and drinks it.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Some of the signature drinks on the menu include an iced pistachio latte, an iced Turkish coffee and an iced rose latte.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

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Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
In 1945, Claire and Frank finally take a real honeymoon in Inverness, where Claire basically binges info on Scottish Highlander history and the Battle of Culloden thanks to Frank nerding out.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

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