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hangover

[hang-oh-ver] / ˈhæŋˌoʊ vər /


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In these tough times, some discount chains have been thriving, but California’s Grocery Outlet has been closing stores as it tries to remedy a hangover of overexpansion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

MPs from the governing coalition stress any "brain drain" is not a new problem for the country, and say its recent deeper woes are a hangover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

In this regard, Mr. Rachel’s book exemplifies what the French controversialist Renaud Camus calls the second career of Adolf Hitler: the long hangover of inexplicable catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The next morning, I woke up with what I can only describe as a disclosure hangover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

I had no memory of what I’d ridden by, except the concentration hangover.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer