bacchanals
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All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The office holiday gathering itself has come a long way from the bacchanals I survived early in my career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Similar Christmas-themed bacchanals were slated in cities across the U.S. and Europe, from San Francisco and Cincinnati to London and Berlin, on Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
The younger Mr. Lebedev is known for throwing bacchanals at his converted castle in Italy.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020
Not thus you fly your female foes by night, Nor shun the feast, when the full bowls invite; When to fat off'rings the glad augur calls, And the shrill hornpipe sounds to bacchanals.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
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