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When asked what he envisioned for the city’s social drinking scene, he said that he hoped for one with a “a Roaring ’20s vibe.”

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

With the country’s male-dominated saloons and bars shuttered, social drinking became a largely domestic activity.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2015

Also: mobile-banking; social drinking; trade deficit record; take a nap.

From Forbes • Mar. 17, 2011

Moore, a diabetic since 1968, did so on the advice of doctors, who suggested that although she is not a heavy drinker she ought to halt even social drinking, which can be dangerous for diabetics.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What can we do in this sad case?" he asked, after a few assenting remarks on the dangers of social drinking.

From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)