hangover

Example Sentences

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In these tough times, some discount chains have been thriving, but California’s Grocery Outlet has been closing stores as it tries to remedy a hangover of overexpansion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It was not a hangover from the celebrations.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Whether it's been age profile, a creaking scrum, a sputtering attack, the unsettled fly-half situation or a British and Irish Lions hangover, most of the discussion has been largely negative.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The next morning, I woke up with what I can only describe as a disclosure hangover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The fertilizer smell gives me a hangover even though I had nothing but water last night.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett