liquor

Example Sentences

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The explosion occurred due a "rupture of a tank containing white liquor", the company said in a statement.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

White liquor is a highly corrosive chemical used in the paper-making process.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

One of the biggest crises the company faced was Prohibition, when liquor was outlawed and distilleries in America were forced to close.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

As the news of the repeal was broadcast over the radio, stores like New York’s Gimbels and Bloomingdale’s immediately opened their liquor departments.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler