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drink

[dringk] / drɪŋk /




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Sumathi Reddy says you don’t need to upend your day by constantly trying to drink more water.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Sometimes the audience was just one person, and he would just buy them a drink.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Halfway into my second drink, a scruffy, tall guy with silvery blond hair from New York sat down next to me.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

On the other hand, people at risk for kidney stones are often advised to drink more water to prevent stone formation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“Any of you want something to drink while you’re waiting? The vending machine spit out two Mountain Dews, and I only wanted one.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Isabella Reeve, a consumer insight director at Worldpanel by Numerator, says shoppers under 25 buy more cold drinks than hot when they're out of the home.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Over drinks, Black tried to impress upon him the magnitude of the potential opportunity that the Athene merger presented—and what it would mean for Harris’s 59 million Apollo shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

But Natalie TJ, who co-runs an Asian-inspired bakery in London, says her cornmilk matcha drink has been one of the most popular drinks this summer – second only to the bakery's Hong Kong milk tea.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Dunkin' Donuts is experimenting with protein-boosted drinks and customisable cold options, recently partnering with celebrities like Kylie Jenner to promote limited‑time drinks.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

At halftime I saw a couple of younger boys haul in crates of drinks, and I wondered what was going on.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

There have always been people who drank sparingly or didn’t drink at all.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

She ate and drank what would be expected of someone exerting herself to the nth degree.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Falstaff Road recalled a beer some dads drank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Every participant drank each beverage, allowing the team to reduce the influence of natural differences between individuals.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

I put the cup to her lips, and she drank all the water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Claire Danes nailed drunk acting from take one.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

In an egg-and-spoon race, no one gets lonely or drunk, and there is unlikely to be a ringer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

At the beginning of the study, participants completed detailed food questionnaires describing what they had eaten and drunk during the previous year.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Haddad, in his 60s, said he and his daughter had drunk six litres of water between them in a single day.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

When no one could eat any more, the Professor proposed the first regular toast, which was always drunk at such times—“Aunt March, God bless her!”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

He wants the regulator to look at removing access to drinking water for some businesses.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Lila Pieters Yahia, the UN resident coordinator for Nepal, said drinking water was being airlifted into affected areas.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

I've been struggling with a condition called trigeminal neuralgia, external that causes excruciating pain like an electric shock across the side of my face, which can stop me from speaking, eating or drinking.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

What is the easiest way to tell if you are drinking too much or too little?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

They all seem to be celebrating something—laughing, singing, and drinking with one another like their team just won the World Cup.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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