alcoholic
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Canadian provinces had looked poised to put American alcoholic products back on their store shelves last month as Trump and Canadian officials appeared close to achieving a new trade deal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The response targets various alcoholic drinks and dairy products like whey, according to a series of White House statements signed by the president.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Industry executives said that buyers of nonalcoholic brews often buy traditional alcoholic drinks, too, showing that many aren’t strict abstainers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
A report from Nielsen last year noted that more than 92% of people who bought nonalcoholic drinks also bought alcoholic beverages as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Volstead Act, which banned the manufacture, sale, and transfer of alcoholic beverages, was now the law of the land.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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I’m 26 years sober and in my experience the only people that ever teased me were alcoholics themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Children of alcoholics are most often on high alert trying to anticipate other people’s feelings, so they can try to head off problems or incidents before they become overwhelming.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
The Back on Track project brings together Brighton & Hove City Council with charities the Oasis Project and Nacoa to offer specialist support to people who grew up with alcoholics.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2021
The decision not to entirely fictionalise the island was deliberate: it isn’t renamed, and there is a reference to its former owner, Frederick Charrington, a 19th-century social reformer who created a community for recovering alcoholics.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020
He was active, industrious, enjoyed good health, and was not addicted to alcoholics.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle