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as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!
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as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily
hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge
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The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Once in Dun, Mathilda gorges herself on strange delicacies while assembling disparate pieces of Hermia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
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That’s why coleslaw is such a classic—loved and devoured at cookouts, potlucks, and every kind of outdoor meal.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
30 Apr. 2026
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Bukele devoured an entire political class that didn’t understand social media, for whom TikTok or Instagram were just dances and photos their kids watched on their phones, and YouTube just showed irrelevant videos that would never replace national television.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks’ most clear advantage was going to be inside, with Towns the most likely candidate to feast in several areas.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Shadows and strange sounds can set imaginations whirring—from the guttural roar of a hunting lion to the giggling calls of a feasting hyena pack.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Due to the processes that humidifiers use to vaporize water, all of those minerals can potentially wind up in the form of mineral dust, which quickly gathers on the surfaces of your room, or worse, it can be inhaled and cause respiratory problems.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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There are no official animal exhibits along the walk, although there are small shelter areas for taking a seat, inhaling nature and feeling nostalgic.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Energy efficiency and carbon reduction were a big part of the pitch, as terrestrial data centers gulp enormous amounts of power and millions of gallons of coolant water.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
28 Mar. 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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