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cocktail

[kok-tayl] / ˈkɒkˌteɪl /
NOUN
beverage
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Getting asked out to an affordable happy hour where beers are $5 might actually be a bigger green flag for someone than a date at a fancy cocktail bar.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Dinner for two at a neighborhood trattoria recently ran us $86 with appetizers, one cocktail and no dessert.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

That was a dangerous cocktail going into this game.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Sarti and its accompanying cocktail, the Sarti Spritz, diverge from the citrus-heavy, herbal tastes of Aperol and the company’s namesake Campari with a tropical taste of mango, passion fruit and blood orange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I don’t tell him that it was the parrot who insisted I get myself a cocktail.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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