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ale

[eyl] / eɪl /
NOUN
intoxicating, fermented beverage
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The ginger ale is flatly branded Canada Dry.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Mr Banks said he did not yet know if the large number of steak and ale, turkey and cranberry, and butternut squash pies were still stored in the back.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Everything made my stomach turn—water, crackers, a hopeful sip of ginger ale; the things you’re supposed to try when you are sick.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2024

It is followed by frantic squawking, and I realize it is only a chicken crate that has smashed into an ale barrel down below.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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