bacchanals
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All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch β Jul. 9, 2026
The office holiday gathering itself has come a long way from the bacchanals I survived early in my career.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 17, 2025
Similar Christmas-themed bacchanals were slated in cities across the U.S. and Europe, from San Francisco and Cincinnati to London and Berlin, on Saturday.
From Seattle Times β Dec. 9, 2023
None of the leading participants in that decade’s bacchanals are interviewed.
From The Guardian β Feb. 10, 2017
Most commonly Ariadne is represented asleep on the shore at Naxos, while Dionysus, attended by satyrs and bacchanals, gazes admiringly upon her; sometimes they are seated side by side under a spreading vine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
