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In 1915, a German hand-decorated a gin bottle with a skull-faced, spike-helmeted soldier wishing its owner good luck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But the silence has catalyzed non-Swiftie onlookers to gin up something decisively, inarguably odious to place at the singer’s feet.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

But many recall how the place kept alive a fragment of Delhi's elite past through small rituals: liveried waiters at dusk, gin and lime on shaded verandas, retired generals and diplomats lingering under neem trees.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

“It’s too late now to gin up something to harm a competitor,” Bill Savitt, a lawyer for OpenAI, had argued in his opening statement.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

Mr. O’Flanagan was the assistant manager of the gin and a former merchant sailor, and he loved having a bird around.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Along the way, I acquired some new words in Korean, like bangsaneung for radiation and gan for liver.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2023

Datganiad o gefnogaeth gan yr Urdd i ffoaduriaid Wcráin.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022

Then there’s the city’s signature dish, hot dry noodles, or re gan mian.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

Then the cousin laughed and they gan bei-ed.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 11, 2019

I read him most of chapter 1, up to the part where the young warrior Sohrab comes to his mother, Tahmineh, the princess of Samen- gan, and demands to know the identity of his father.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Residents filled town-hall meetings, posted signs on their properties, held fundraisers and ginned up social-media campaigns to oppose the seizure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Spotify users who have been amused by these thrice-daily servings of word salad might be surprised — or, just as likely, not — to learn that the playlist names are ginned up by A.I.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Ausserer, during his closing argument, insinuated Ellis’ family lawyer ginned up evidence against the officers by collecting cellphone videos and interviews from eyewitnesses who implicated the officers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

No drop of human drama hasn’t been ginned.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023

White suspected that Hale had ginned up the document while trying to obtain the insurance policy, and altered it after realizing that he had blundered on the date.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

It refers to ginning up the gene pool through tools like gene editing and A.I. enhancement, the argument being that manipulating genes can make us better, faster, smarter.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

They complained Bovino’s tactics were unnecessarily aggressive, ginning up opposition that put agents at higher risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

“If you want to be able to keep ginning up Black Detroiters to vote, having some representation in the Congress is important.”

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024

The orchestra was just being factual in ginning up a little excitement at a climactic moment in the six-decade career of one of the most eminent figures in classical music.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

Just as well, as the campaign to bring me up to domestic scratch was, without my knowledge or cooperation, ginning up in earnest.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The man who initially fired the gun was wearing a long white shirt as well as military fatigue trousers and boots, which are commonly worn by soldiers, Wessels said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mulligan argued that evidence of infidelity was not evidence of murder and questioned why Flynn was being accused of tampering with evidence because his gun could not be found.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Skubal retired 15 consecutive, hit 101 on the radar gun in the second inning and didn’t have a three-ball count until the fifth inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Grieving parents urged Wilson, a mother, to address youth gun violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

I lowered the rifle and ejected the shell and put the gun away.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen