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Recent Examples of red-eye
According to the outlet, Lyonne boarded a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport, where flight attendants asked her to close her laptop and fasten her seatbelt before takeoff.
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Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
The outlet reported that the 47-year-old actress boarded a red-eye Delta flight from Los Angeles on April 7.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Most overhead lights don’t offer enough illumination for these detailed tasks, and on red-eye flights, overhead lights can annoy your napping seatmate.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Jaquez traveled to Phoenix on Saturday and then returned to Miami on a red-eye Sunday night after watching his sister Gabriela help lead UCLA to a 79-51 win over South Carolina in the NCAA women’s basketball championship on Sunday afternoon.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
The outlet reported that the 47-year-old actress boarded a red-eye Delta flight from Los Angeles on April 7.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 9 Apr. 2026
Most overhead lights don’t offer enough illumination for these detailed tasks, and on red-eye flights, overhead lights can annoy your napping seatmate.
—Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Jaquez traveled to Phoenix on Saturday and then returned to Miami on a red-eye Sunday night after watching his sister Gabriela help lead UCLA to a 79-51 win over South Carolina in the NCAA women’s basketball championship on Sunday afternoon.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for red-eye
Noun
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As alcohol bans lingered, poorer quality substitutes increasingly overwhelmed the black market: bathtub gin, pure grain alcohol and other rotguts.—
David Reamer | Alaska history,
Anchorage Daily News,
23 July 2023
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But mingling with Robert Mitchum and Lana Turner, cocktail in hand, makes even a rotgut movie a top-shelf experience.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 May 2023
Noun
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Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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It is known for its refreshing notes of honey and lemon, which balance out the immense spice of bathtub gin.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
23 Nov. 2024
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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
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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 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
Noun
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His strengths as a rhythm passer and his ability to operate on bootlegs align cleanly with that system.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The piece wouldn't be officially released online for some time, but a stray audience member or two recorded a bootleg of the screen inside the theater and posted it to social media.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 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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“Red-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red-eye. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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