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- noun Plural form of
drink . - noun cricket, plurale tantum A short
break inplay to allow theplayers to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made toequipment or thepitch . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
drink .
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Examples
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Fascinatingly, regional usage of soft drink terminology seems to follow political and cultural division lines, suggesting that what they call their drinks is a bellwether of the mindset of a community or individual.
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Every date I go on requires at least 100 bucks spent in drinks, dinner and entertainment (usually more like $150) before I get any.
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The mayor and governor contend that extending the bar to sugary drinks is worthwhile as an attempt to try to reduce the growing public health problems of diabetes and obesity.
Gillibrand Not Sweet On Sugary Drinks Plan Devlin Barrett 2010
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“If the fructose content of popular drinks is actually 65 percent rather than 55 percent, then fructose intake would be [approximately] 18 percent higher than previously estimated,” write the authors.
Soda drinkers beware: You may be consuming more fructose than you thought 2010
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It's like saying everyone who drinks is an alcoholic.
Adventures in conservative media (Laura Ingraham edition) - Feministing 2009
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Every date I go on requires at least 100 bucks spent in drinks, dinner and entertainment (usually more like $150) before I get any.
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Driving with big drinks is "not something they have experience with in their daily lives," said Michael Hinz, technical project manager on the Jetta.
Volkswagen Aims at Fast Lane in U.S. Vanessa Fuhrmans 2010
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I love his quote "Whenever Billy drinks from the magic glowing bottle, he gets really awesome".
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No matter how much I reviewed it from Day 1, every class 2-3 brought in drinks and plunked them on the countertop.
Safety Buffoons Candid Engineer 2009
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Whenever Billy drinks from the magic glowing bottle, he gets really awesome at whatever he wishes.
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