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alcoholic

[al-kuh-haw-lik, -hol-ik] / ˌæl kəˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk /




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A report from Nielsen last year noted that more than 92% of people who bought nonalcoholic drinks also bought alcoholic beverages as well.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

Price: $200 for one person, including taxes and fees, two meals, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and two tickets to the High Roller observation wheel.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

The board oversees the state’s property tax system as well as the alcoholic beverage tax and tax on insurers.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2026

Along with devoting herself to campaigning for a ban on alcoholic beverages, Willard was also a strong advocate of women’s right to vote and an eight-hour workday.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

I’m 26 years sober and in my experience the only people that ever teased me were alcoholics themselves.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2023

Children of alcoholics are most often on high alert trying to anticipate other people’s feelings, so they can try to head off problems or incidents before they become overwhelming.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2022

Her roughly 161,000 followers include former Mennonites, retired police officers, knitters, cat owners, recovering alcoholics, vegetarians, atheists and women married to women.

From New York Times May 16, 2022

The Back on Track project brings together Brighton & Hove City Council with charities the Oasis Project and Nacoa to offer specialist support to people who grew up with alcoholics.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2021

This spasmodic dysphagia includes such widely varying conditions as the “globus hystericus” of neurasthenic women, the spasm of chronic alcoholics, and the affection known as cardiospasm or “hiatal œsophagismus.”

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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