as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town
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In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games.
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Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 16 Apr. 2024
For why else shutter two highly successful fashion show formats in favor of an untested runway-free jamboree of collaboration?
The A$AP Rocky still for the Moncler Born Genius campaign.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
This venue is an important center for traditional music and dance, hosting a Friday night jamboree every weekend since the 1980s.
—G. Samantha Rosenthal, Them, 3 Oct. 2024
Now the festival has grown to an all-day jamboree with a fireworks finale to cap off the night.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
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Starting around 2011 Endeavor went on a buying spree acquiring everything from the Professional Bull Riders to the Frieze Art Fair.—
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New England Patriots The Patriots continued their free-agent spending spree Tuesday night, adding star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to a receiving group that needed a No. 1.—
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Then, the president’s trainwreck brother, Tripp Morgan (Jason Lee), wakes up in room 301 next to Wynter’s corpse after passing out drunk.—
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Marijuana, which went mainstream decades ago, is hardly worth mentioning anymore; stoners are merely later-generation drunks in the book of comical inebriation.—
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If Episode 5 is the binge, Episode 6 is the hangover, with Saxon and Lochlan piecing together what happened the night before.—
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Hybrid drinking is the antithesis of the frat-party keg stand or boozy brunch binge.—
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The defense argued that the robberies were committed during a multi-day drug bender, when the two were impaired from narcotics and lack of sleep.—
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Admittedly, the year started with the consensus brimming with high expectations, with valuations at post-pandemic highs and retail investors on a raging risk bender.—
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“Jamboree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jamboree. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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