bacchanalian
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Her new music reflects those bacchanalian nights, where people found freedom to be themselves "free from police, free from judgement", said Monaé.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
Michél testified that White did not want Low to attend any of the fundraisers, given his flamboyant lifestyle, including his frequent hosting of bacchanalian parties with celebrities.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
They rented lavish chalets, threw bacchanalian parties, and welcomed V.I.P. guests to the Russia House, where they served chilled vodka and talked business.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
Denying those bacchanalian tendencies would be to forget why we live here in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
It reminds me of Elia’s Captain Jackson’s bacchanalian orgies, where “wine we had none, nor, except on very rare occasions, spirits; but the sensation of wine was there.”
From Here and There in London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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