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liquor

[lik-er, lik-wawr] / ˈlɪk ər, ˈlɪk wɔr /


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They’re taking too long, and your patrons are drinking water while you wait for a liquor license.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Most Canadian provinces have also stopped selling US liquor.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

And it’s all thanks to the country’s archaic liquor laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The workaround is giving unexpected momentum to a long-running debate on loosening Northern Ireland’s liquor laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He held a grudge about as well as he held his liquor, and he had a gift for making Kaz’s victories sound like they belonged to everyone.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The company on Tuesday kicked off a promotional campaign for Sarti Rosa, a relatively recent entry to its portfolio of liquors designed to be turned into spritzes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Josh pals around with the club’s impossibly wealthy members, serves them rare brown liquors and flies off with them to exotic locales at a moment’s notice.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Pepper-infused liquors have become hot ingredients in everything from martinis to mules.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024

Another of her reviews, based on blind tastings by several Times staff members, favored private-label liquors over popular brand names of scotch, bourbon, rye, vodka and gin.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

The washing rocks at the river were empty, and the watermelon patches, if any, were left alone to heat their hidden liquors in the sun.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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