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They’re stretching out their hamstrings, wrapping tape tight around their hands, and throwing back cans of energy drink.

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"I assume this is a trick of the light and he’s not actually throwing back bourbon on camera, but it’s interesting that the water looks brown," Yglesias shared on X.

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You tell me, her inquisitor throws back at her, and she concludes somewhat hollowly, “I don’t know.”

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Deckhands throw back the stones and pack the scallops in ice below deck.

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Democrats want to "take away your hamburgers," they say, and force Independence Day barbecuers to "throw back a plant-based beer with your grilled Brussels sprouts."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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