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Recent Examples of glutton
Ever a glutton for executive orders, Trump has signed nearly 70 so far.
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
In the early 1980s, in the 1990s, returning like a malarial fever, the enemy was the Medfly, the Mediterranean fruit fly — pest, parasite, glutton for our golden harvests, despoiler of sunny citrus and rosy peaches, murderer of guacamole avocados.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Rough Road Bikes: A trio of steeds for the path less taken.
Road Runners: Six pairs of pavement gluttons.
—Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 14 July 2021
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
In the early 1980s, in the 1990s, returning like a malarial fever, the enemy was the Medfly, the Mediterranean fruit fly — pest, parasite, glutton for our golden harvests, despoiler of sunny citrus and rosy peaches, murderer of guacamole avocados.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Rough Road Bikes: A trio of steeds for the path less taken.
Road Runners: Six pairs of pavement gluttons.
—Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 14 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutton
Noun
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Nanos has had a lot of putting perfume on the pig, missteps, translation, F-ups.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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The pig’s trough of the culture in the present time is not the location of my activity.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Liquid manure in tanks under hog or cattle confinement buildings is pumped to field where it is knifed into the soil.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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That said, Nabers is the biggest target hog in NFL history when on the field, and Jaxson Dart limits the upside of New York’s pass catchers, given all the scrambling.—
Jake Ciely,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Glutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutton. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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