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Recent Examples of bacchanal
As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Designed as a cyberpunk bacchanal at the end of time, the Chromatica Ball’s aesthetic was harsh and uncompromising, an honest reflection of how Gaga was feeling at the time.
—Jaeden Pinder, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Image As sunlight dimmed, the air grew heavy, the bacchanal came to an end.
—Danielle Pergament Nick Ballón, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
As Dorian’s life becomes an incessant bacchanal, Snook spends much of her time mugging and narrating directly into a smartphone screen, which is seamlessly projected onto a wall behind her.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
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Yet this endless orgy of revenge by indiscriminate fire, starvation, and destruction of almost all Gazan property seems sure to produce far more young Palestinians who see no hope or worthwhile purpose for their lives other than to die trying to kill Israelis—or perhaps Americans.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Is Villaraigosa, who is 72, exploiting the orgy of Biden recriminations for political ends?—
Michelle Cottle,
Mercury News,
29 May 2025
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The only sober attendees are a father (Sergi López) and his young son (Bruno Núñez) who are hoping to find the boy’s sister, a bohemian swept up in the relentless rhythm of this road-tripping bacchanalia.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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As New Year's Eve revelers across the world clinked glasses and ordered rounds, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy was in the midst of delivering a grave message about alcohol, a drug that fits neatly into both our highest highs and lowest lows.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Every cobbled lane was blocked by revelers crowded outside the bars, all wearing white-and-red fiesta costumes.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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The original film followed a group of high schoolers who find an unlikely, intergenerational friend in Sue Ann Ellington, a lonesome veterinarian and devoted party animal played by Spencer.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
4 June 2025
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What was once a misunderstood creature trying to find his own identity has morphed into a party animal who wouldn’t be out of place in a frat house.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 May 2025
Noun
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There was also an aria gala concert on June 29 in La Jolla, and another concert of early 1900s French songs by composer Reynaldo Hahn is coming up July 11.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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At a Florida Democratic Party dinner gala, which fell between Wasserman Schultz’s and Trump’s use of the f-word, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz was delivering remarks to an audience of 800.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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Hamilton SantaCon & 1K Fun Run A 1K fun run at Marcum Park kicks off Hamilton's second annual SantaCon, where merrymakers dress as the jolly ole elf and frolic throughout the city's Dora district, spreading holiday cheer, joy and perhaps ending up with a lump of coal in the stocking.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
6 Dec. 2024
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The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.—
Ron Charles,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2023
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Partnering with Short’s Brewing Company, this fourth of July event is sure to delight all partygoers.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Most partygoers sport a mix of brightly colored swimwear with denim shorts or matching mini skirts.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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