cocktail

Example Sentences

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At a recent cocktail hour for young professionals on Akron’s North Side, Alexis King, 31, recounted “grudgingly” moving to Akron from Philadelphia in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

This toxic cocktail can, the researchers stress, “result in significant equity downside like we saw in 1973, 2000 and 2022.”

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The decline comes amid a cocktail of rising bond yields, surging oil prices and profit-taking, and provides the backdrop for this week’s hotly-anticipated first quarter earnings from Nvidia.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

And as MAGAdom rounded into shape, and I started telling my girlfriend about Milo Yiannopoulos, she said, “Rather than talking about this guy at a cocktail party, you should be writing a newsletter about it.”

From Slate • May 7, 2026

I bring some of the fancy food from that cocktail party up to the roof in a small container.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi