hangover

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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

MPs from the governing coalition stress any "brain drain" is not a new problem for the country, and say its recent deeper woes are a hangover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The next morning, I woke up with what I can only describe as a disclosure hangover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

But if Fritz was hoping there would be a hangover, he was to be disappointed.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

“And I thought you were a scholar? There’s no such thing. Let’s go, before my hangover gets worse. I feel like a lavellan is eating my eyeballs from the inside.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell