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ale

[eyl] / eɪl /
NOUN
intoxicating, fermented beverage
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He brews his own ale at home and once considered buying a brewery.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Ilya passes Shane his signature ginger ale across the counter and says, “You like tuna melt?”

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

I took a seat beneath Singapore’s second-oldest edifice, Caldwell House, built in 1841 for a clerk to the magistrates, and in Anglo spirit, ordered fish and chips with an ale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Everything made my stomach turn—water, crackers, a hopeful sip of ginger ale; the things you’re supposed to try when you are sick.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2024

Wystan Pippin put down his ale, picked up his staff, and blocked the gap with it.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman