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The characters can be flawed, and cars can crash, McDermott says, but NASCAR wanted race scenes to look authentic and was adamant that the series not depict anyone driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026 -
To participate, travelers must be 21 or older, the legal age to purchase alcohol in the United States.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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The bar offers strong drinks and ice cream cocktails True to its supper‑club roots, Jesse’s Embers doesn’t serve traditional desserts.—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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Horror movies pair best with a strong drink and a brass band.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her aunt used to own the popular sandwich shop in the plaza, Ba Le Sandwich, and her parents owned a hair salon and liquor store across the street.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dame asks Ava’s grifter castmate, Charlie, of all people, to procure a liquor license.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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The voyage’s final night includes a spirits tasting under the Lyngen Alps at Aurora Spirit, the world’s northernmost distillery, and accommodation in its fjord-side cabins.—
Karen Gardiner,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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You into booze or drugs these days?—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The booze came from former Yankees hitting coach Dillon Lawson, who hired Hirst into the organization back in 2018.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Guests are greeted by their butler with a drink on arrival (there’s nothing like rum served in a fresh coconut to welcome you to the Caribbean) and shown around their suite.—
Hollie Clemence,
TheWeek,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dark rum adds authentic flavor to these bars inspired by the cocktail.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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As a result, the rivers and lakes have become a chemical soup of antidepressants, birth control, and stimulants.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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Cathinone is a stimulant that occurs naturally in khat, a plant native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and has a molecular structure nearly identical to that of amphetamine.—
Jonathan Corum,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Followers like Amresh Chawla say they are drawn to the group’s tenets of vegetarianism and strict moral code, specifically the mandate to shun intoxicants.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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In California, weed is more than a business, more than merely a recreational intoxicant that was finally turned into a legal industry in 2016.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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