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Recent Examples of bacchanal
Los Angeles is a main character—a despoiled paradise where celebrities mistake their privilege for immortality, and abandon responsibility when the inevitable consequences of their long-term bacchanal kick in.
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Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
This resurgent interest in bacchanals — beer-cchanals? — is not limited to San Diego County.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Friendship is the electronic music party cruise from Gary Richards, the longtime DJ and party promoter who launched the sailing bacchanal in 2018 and also founded HARD events.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
When Hancock became governor of Massachusetts, his inauguration was a sober political ceremony that quickly morphed into a bacchanal.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
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Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
This resurgent interest in bacchanals — beer-cchanals? — is not limited to San Diego County.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
Friendship is the electronic music party cruise from Gary Richards, the longtime DJ and party promoter who launched the sailing bacchanal in 2018 and also founded HARD events.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2024
When Hancock became governor of Massachusetts, his inauguration was a sober political ceremony that quickly morphed into a bacchanal.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
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Upon arriving at Dalí's studio, Cher realized that an orgy had just taken place.Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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There, Manson led sermons, orchestrated orgies and fostered a cult-like environment.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
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The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Branded events at Cannes, Martha’s Vineyard and Sundance have replaced Puff’s bacchanalias, and Michael Rubin’s annual Hamptons White Party is now the place to see and be seen.Amy DuBois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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On Tuesday, Temple once again threw its doors open to revelers.Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2024
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Regional commuter rail services enacted temporary alcohol bans on trains, a precautionary step to maintain order during the mass migration of holiday revelers.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Obviously, in their youth, both princes made plenty of headlines with their party animal antics at nightclubs in and around London.Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024
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To give yourself or your favorite party animal the perfect gift this year, keep scrolling and add to cart.Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Present at the Gran Teatro del Liceo for a gala which celebrated Barca's 125th anniversary on November 29 this year, Sotil is fondly remembered by Culers while being revered in his homeland.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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In: Comedy About Love Broadway gala in New York City in a rare red carpet appearance on Dec. 16.Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 19 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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According to the study, led by Shevach Friedler and published in Fertility and Sterility, a medical merrymaker visited the fertility clinic regularly for a year.Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2011
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This year, an original member of the cast who has not been with the show for a while, Natalie Brown, is returning in the roles of Mrs. Fezziwig and the partygoer Fred’s Sister-in-Law.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
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The partygoers ranged from school friends to producers and directors.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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