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illegally produced liquor
college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab
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Recent Examples of white lightning
Don’t let the green mist tinged with white lightning and rotating cosmic orifices fool you, however: Ingesting psychedelic drugs is not recommended before watching this film.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Above the patch is another white lightning bolt.
—Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
Above the patch is another white lightning bolt.
—Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white lightning
Noun
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Systolic and diastolic blood pressure both increase over time with alcohol intake, according to a report published Aug. 14.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt: A 22-year-old man from Aurora was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol at 1:02 p.m. Aug. 8 in the 1200 block of East Ogden Avenue.—
Steve Metsch,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The booze will be flowing and bars will be rocking all night in Kansas City and across Missouri during the 2026 World Cup.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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But the places in Idaho actually selling the most booze are nowhere close to the City of Trees.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Dating back to the spring, Landry has been effective defending bootleg passes to his side, showing initial discipline and then rushing the quarterback into a throwaway.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
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There’s a twisted kind of logic to city pop’s trajectory, where the same recommendation algorithms that gave the genre a random resurgence would now also push people onto robo bootlegs—whatever drives clicks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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