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chug

verb as in drink quickly

Strong match

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American moviegoing still hasn’t fully recovered from the pandemic shutdown, and many people are losing interest in film franchises that have been chugging since before today’s teenagers were born.

Though they may trade down in some ways—including by making coffee at home—they continue to spend more overall, keeping the economy chugging.

"House Tour is sensational, a chugging slice of 80s power-pop so instantly catchy that you're able to forgive it holding some of the album's biggest lyrical clunkers," citing some of her more suggestive lyrics.

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Some in the valley have not got rid of the loud chugging of the generator quite yet.

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When the underage child-women chug glasses of wine, a cutaway assures us its merely grape juice.

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

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