gourmandism

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Noun
  • The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said there is no hunger strike at the Baldwin facility.
    Nick Lentz, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • No one should be responsible for another person’s well-being after being awake for 24 hours, and no one should have to risk their health on a hunger strike just to be heard.
    Christopher Marte, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Across 17 tracks, Amos positions herself as both conqueror and coward, exploring how the greed and individualism of modern society has allowed tech feudalists and 21st-century robber barons to make out like kings.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • The villain is corporate greed.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Craft cocktails are also on the menu, as are a few homemade desserts for those looking to satisfy their sweet tooth.
    Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • For fans with a sweet tooth, the iconic Magnolia Bakery is joining the lineup for the first time this year.
    Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The house church promoting the fast, Grandview Fellowship, has been meeting at the home of Clay and Sarah Edwards.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Gathered in small groups on the sidewalk, congregants ate small bites to break the fast before going home to rest.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At a deeper level, this is a gluttony issue.
    Maggie Anders, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There are some outlier lines that hint at abundance or gluttony—your lines of coke or of conga—but lines generally broadcast supply problems: breadlines, Cuban bodega lines, embargo-era gas lines.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Within the next few years, as famine spread throughout China and the Cultural Revolution began, her grandmother and three of her brothers died of starvation, tuberculosis, and drowning.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Stress evolved to keep you alive in the face of acute danger – predators, famine, immediate physical threat.
    Phil Starks, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Zero-calorie sweeteners may help in specific cases but can reinforce cravings for sweet foods.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Director Gay has sculpted a staging that is faithful to a more leisurely 19th-century storytelling style, yet satisfies modern audiences’ constant craving for stimulation.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Gourmandism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gourmandism. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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