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ale

[eyl] / eɪl /
NOUN
intoxicating, fermented beverage
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The son would respond, “a double,” and then take his ginger ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Ilya passes Shane his signature ginger ale across the counter and says, “You like tuna melt?”

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

The stolen items, which included steak and ale pies, turkey and cranberry pies and butternut squash pies, would have been enough to stock Tommy's Pie Shop for a week, according to the chef.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2024

Everything made my stomach turn—water, crackers, a hopeful sip of ginger ale; the things you’re supposed to try when you are sick.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2024

“Oh my aching ear. Father Abbot, you wouldn’t see a poor son of the Spike suffering like this without a drop of last October’s nutbrown ale to wet his parched gullet,” he pleaded.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques