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to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink
wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal
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Recent Examples of wine
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a termination of contract for the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival due to unpaid bills on Tuesday, potentially signaling the end of a nearly 40-year run for the wildly popular Inland Empire event spotlighting the region's vast wine industry.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
The stars are headed to wine country!
—Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Ultimately, there is much to learn about the history of wine and—as Pliny the Elder wrote—us.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2026
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a termination of contract for the Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival due to unpaid bills on Tuesday, potentially signaling the end of a nearly 40-year run for the wildly popular Inland Empire event spotlighting the region's vast wine industry.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
Here’s how to sip your way through Grapevine, from tasting rooms and restaurants to wine experiences and more.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
The stars are headed to wine country!
—Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wine
Noun
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But don’t worry, liquor stores and cannabis shops would be excluded (for now).—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The food and drink Food and drink are taken seriously here.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Nowadays, locals frequent the restaurant for lunch, dinner and drinks seven days a week.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fruit, ginger shots, sea moss beverages, tea, and water were on hand, in alignment with her alcohol-free rider and commitment to sobriety.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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But one arena that California has lagged far behind the rest of the nation is in the combination of cannabis and alcohol sales.—
Jeff Burkhart,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Simply toss in your favorite mix, blend, and flip over to sip.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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Wall panels lower to become a front porch, a place to watch the morning fog burn off and sip coffee—from a Snow Peak titanium mug, brewed in a Snow Peak collapsible coffee drip, of course.—
Naomi Tomky,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For decades, kosher wine in the United States remained associated with sweet, low-end bottles even as the general market moved toward dry, higher-quality wines.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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The coach is swigging from a beer bottle, visibly drunk even from across a hockey rink, and roundly berating his players.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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Among them is Round Peak Vineyards, which has both dry and sweet wines, plus cider, beer, and mead.—
Kristy Tolley,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, back at the hotel, the original UXUA Lab continues with its vegan experiments with the likes of mead-like hidromiel, cacao, and kombucha.—
Stephanie Rafanelli,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Besides abstaining from booze, scientists also don’t have a bulletproof way to prevent hangovers.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the mid-1970s, the long net of the Florida Keys swept up a generation of countercultural refuse in a web of free love, plentiful drugs, and cheap booze.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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The commodities produced by slaves — sugar, tobacco, rum, and molasses — were shipped back to Europe, making vast amounts of money for British banks and the plantation owners in Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Haleiwa Distilling company, a popular destination that makes rum and moonshine, serves as a landing spot for donations and volunteers, mainly supported by the Lahui Foundation and a massive team of volunteers organized by locals Esme Damon and Brie Thomson.—
Chantell Murphy,
Outside,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wine. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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