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

"Students are particularly at risk of missing the early warning signs of meningitis because they can be easily confused with other illnesses such as a bad cold, flu or even a hangover," warn health officials.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

The Dutch centre-back and his team-mates were reluctant to do so at times – a potential hangover from Frank's style of defending.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

In this regard, Mr. Rachel’s book exemplifies what the French controversialist Renaud Camus calls the second career of Adolf Hitler: the long hangover of inexplicable catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

You could say they were a sort of hangover from those talks in our dorm after lights out.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro