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[ruhm] / rʌm /


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On a recent Friday evening at a Westchester yacht club, roughly a dozen choppers flew by in a two-hour stretch as members sipped rum cocktails on a waterside deck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Convention says no, but then again convention has had a rum time of it in recent years.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The adjacent "mipyme" -- Cuba's acronym for small business which is used as shorthand for any private enterprise -- is a picture of plenty, offering everything from rice, Cuba's staple starch, to rum and ketchup.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Sazerac, whose brands include Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Buffalo Trace bourbon and Parrot Bay rum, initially connected with 818 when the brand did a collaboration with its Traveller Whiskey, created by country singer Chris Stapleton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The cabin smelled of bay rum aftershave lotion.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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