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jamboree

noun

ˌjam-bə-ˈrē

Definition of jamboree

as in spree

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking he was a bit remorseful when he returned to the farm after his jamboree in town

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Recent Examples of jamboree Lake Howell coach Dazzie Morris scheduled a couple of 2025 playoff teams for his spring jamboree for a reason. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 Boy Scout jamborees and women’s marches. — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026 This fall, as the season approached, the Cyclones played in a jamboree, featuring half-court scrimmage games with other college teams. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Gather up your pals for a juke-joint jamboree, then read on for a list of the biggest snubs and surprises of the 98th Oscars. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jamboree

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Noun

That reticence ended after the tree-cutting spree earlier this month.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
And Criss was concerned that unchecked growth of the program, coupled with a spree of tax cuts, could put the state budget into a tailspin.

— Henry Culvyhouse, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026

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Lee, emerging from the dark woods beyond McMann’s cabin, gets picked up by a guy who nicknames himself the Boontill Oracle, a do-gooder who waits outside highway bars to give safe rides to local drunks.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
The driver who officers say was going the wrong way has been identified as 39-year-old Emichell Noloya and is now facing drunk-driving, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, refusal to take a breath test, and other charges.

— Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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