hangover

Example Sentences

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The hangover from a rough loss has been compounded by a series of missed opportunities to make it right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"I do a really nice roast chicken. I love doing a spread of tacos and salads… but the best hangover cure's a proper English breakfast. That'll get me right in the morning."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

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 a hangover from the mental and physical exertions spent over the whole Bethpage cycle.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

But that is my own illusion, a hangover from a version of reality I learned in the former time.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood