as in spree
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender
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Her sad, solitary bender ends at the steps of Tokyo’s Atago Jinja Shrine, triggering a memory with Polina.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
Every other member of the Vandals looks like a factory worker or a genuinely feral fringe-dweller on a bender, all the better to immerse you in this Kodachrome time capsule.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
The pair were accused of committing vandalism during that bender.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
But just in time for the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, which kick off on July 26, the croissant seems to be donning its party clothes and going on a bender.
—Amy Thomas, Vogue, 11 June 2024
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
Every other member of the Vandals looks like a factory worker or a genuinely feral fringe-dweller on a bender, all the better to immerse you in this Kodachrome time capsule.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
The pair were accused of committing vandalism during that bender.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
But just in time for the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, which kick off on July 26, the croissant seems to be donning its party clothes and going on a bender.
—Amy Thomas, Vogue, 11 June 2024
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“Bender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bender. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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