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alcoholic

[al-kuh-haw-lik, -hol-ik] / ˌæl kəˈhɔ lɪk, -ˈhɒl ɪk /




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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

Price: $200 for one person, including taxes and fees, two meals, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and two tickets to the High Roller observation wheel.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

The board oversees the state’s property tax system as well as the alcoholic beverage tax and tax on insurers.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2026

Along with devoting herself to campaigning for a ban on alcoholic beverages, Willard was also a strong advocate of women’s right to vote and an eight-hour workday.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Mr Ashworth is recognised with a CBE for his charity work on behalf of the children of alcoholics.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

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 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

Congress is being urged by senators and congressmen, as well as by anti-saloon advocates, to pass laws prohibiting common carriers from delivering alcoholics to any "dry" community.

From Civics and Health by William H. Allen




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