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birls

verb

present tense third-person singular of birl, chiefly Scottish

as in wassails

to take part in drunken revelry spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night

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As a rule of thumb, buy any decor or supplies the week before your event, deep clean your house within the week of, and purchase any fresh food and drinks the day before, sources said.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Each drinks from an enormous glass bottle of water rather than wasting time with a cup.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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At first, it was thought that over time, governments would want to allow growth to organically whittle down debt-to-income ratios, which is the ideal way to pay down massive peacetime spending and tax cut binges.

— Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Adulting right doesn’t mean giving up your late-night movie binges.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026

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