the drink
noun
old-fashioned
: an area of water (such as a lake or pond)
The ball rolled down the hill and into the drink.
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But the drink grew in popularity through the mid-2010s as young people used it as a hangover cure and athletes drank it for recovery.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Flight 7 and Flight 8 each ended in dramatic explosions over the Atlantic Ocean that could be seen from Florida, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, raining fiery Starship debris into the drink below.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 May 2025
The origin of the drink can be traced all the way back to the mid-1500s, during the Ottoman Empire.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025
The service is great, the staff looks great, the music is great, the scent is great, the food and the drink are done very well, and your chair is comfortable.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Flight 7 and Flight 8 each ended in dramatic explosions over the Atlantic Ocean that could be seen from Florida, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, raining fiery Starship debris into the drink below.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 May 2025
The origin of the drink can be traced all the way back to the mid-1500s, during the Ottoman Empire.
—Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2025
The service is great, the staff looks great, the music is great, the scent is great, the food and the drink are done very well, and your chair is comfortable.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the drink
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“The drink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20drink. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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