stout
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Diageo–which makes Guinness stout and Johnnie Walker whisky–this month said it aims to save some $1 billion in total through an operational overhaul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Think about drinks produced in Ireland and you'd probably picture a creamy pint of stout or a tumbler of amber whiskey.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
If successful, researchers could recreate the taste of Guinness as it was brewed in 1864 using samples of the recovered stout.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Diageo, the maker of Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka, cut its sales outlook and slashed shareholder payouts Wednesday, as its new chief executive seeks to revive the struggling drinks group.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
“You might wrap up the goods before you deliver ’m,” the stranger said gruffly, and Manuel doubled a piece of stout rope around Buck’s neck under the collar.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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"A lot of pubs don't sell other stouts."
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
Over three years at Founders Brewing, the 25-year-old saved enough money pouring IPAs, stouts and porters to pay cash for a 2009 Toyota Corolla.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
While I only recently came around to pumpkin as a dessert flavor, I’ve always been a fan of stouts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Another popular release, Continuance, is made from a blend of imperial stouts, barleywine, and other barrel-aged beers.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2022
Here at least I think England cannot match Ireland, for our stouts are, as a rule, too sweet and "clammy."
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Some snakes, such as boa constrictors, had long, slender upright teeth, whereas others, such as king snakes, had shorter, stouter, and more curved ones.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2024
Things are a bit stouter on the defensive side where four teams, led by No. 22 Florida, among the top 20 in yards given up this season.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
The researchers suspect physical activity changes levels of brain chemicals related to mood, such as dopamine and serotonin, and reduces inflammation throughout the body and brain, contributing physiologically to stouter mental health.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
But it was taller and stouter than Mrs. Dalton.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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On X, formerly Twitter, Elbridge Colby, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence in the Trump administration, wrote that Japan and India "are two of our very stoutest and important allies".
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
Grover Stewart and the Colts have been one of the stoutest run defenses in the NFL.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2022
Now he was being thrust into 70 snaps against one of the Pac-12’s stoutest interiors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
Notre Dame: The Irish are peaking at the end of the regular season even if the competition hasn’t been the stoutest.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
In this awful situation, the stoutest hearts began to fail.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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Vocabulary lists containing stout
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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