as in gorges
to fill with food to capacity
prefers not to watch those nature programs where all they show are predators glutting themselves on the kill
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For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026 -
Lawmakers should strengthen the spending and volatility caps by limiting off budget workarounds and ensuring that one-time surpluses are used responsibly.—
Carol Platt Liebau,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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As much as any other institution—schools, libraries, churches—the public-health system has helped propagate the idea of a commons, often working against historical inertia to curb the excesses of American individualism.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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Foreign observers, Liu argues, tend to portray Chinese people as either the enablers or the victims of their government’s excesses.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Commissioner Rob Manfred last winter allotted money from the sport’s luxury tax — the overages teams pay when their payroll climbs to certain levels — to teams that took a hit to their TV revenues, up to $15 million per affected club, with a total limit of roughly $75 million.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Plagued by budget overages, the project also fell victim to a conservative revolt, spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Gluts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gluts. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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