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ale

[eyl] / eɪl /
NOUN
intoxicating, fermented beverage
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Ilya passes Shane his signature ginger ale across the counter and says, “You like tuna melt?”

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

Gavin John, uses his craft ale bar in the town centre to showcase local creativity as well by putting on music and comedy nights as well as poetry sessions.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

During the late 2000s, when Pliny the Younger became the most sought-after ale in North America, Brouwer’s had kegs of the triple IPA squirrelled away.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

They got there bread, and butter, and cheese and apples: the last of the winter store, wrinkled but sound and sweet; and a leather flagon of new-drawn ale, and wooden platters and cups.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien