cocktail
Example Sentences
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"I'm not doing as much as I used to," says John Felipe, 31, as he mixes a cocktail.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Norman had already worked the room at the cocktail hour and during a break in the meal.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Though this high-temperature cocktail does not include Santa Ana winds, Kittell said, “we do have a history of large fires when it gets this hot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Most AI matchmakers operate on a pay-per-date model, charging users roughly the cost of a cocktail to advance to an in-person meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
As the fifteenth century drew on, the various Franco-Flemish courts of the Dukes of Burgundy became the artistic powerhouses of northern Europe, and it was here that Dunstaple’s new cocktail of chords really took off.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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