Hitherto, Budweiser has been at the forefront of the Americanisation of the world, often to the dismay of foreign drinkers of traditional beers who regard a Bud as a glass of water spoiled.

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Some of them say the water was spoiled by drilling deep underground for natural gas.

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He has used spoiled pie filling, fired from water cannons, as a weapon at sea.

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