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as in feasting
to fill with food to capacity
we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving
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as in overeating
to eat greedily or to excess
the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating
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as in inhaling
to swallow or eat greedily
the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat
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as in devouring
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Recent Examples of gorging
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Scheming girlfriends, questionable business partners, a fleet of lawyers and consultants gorging themselves on fees and a whole lot of other jockeying around Sumner Redstone’s fortune and his business empire.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorging
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Today, loyal fans make the drive up Left Hand Canyon to jam out to bluegrass, folk, Americana and other genres while feasting on hearty fare.—
Sarah Kuta,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pests can make their way into these small crevices easily, so keeping your appliances clean and free of food will prevent bugs from feasting in your kitchen.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some ingredients in kombucha may also enhance metabolism and help manage blood sugar, which can prevent energy crashes, excessive hunger, and overeating, Viola said.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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The book, as suggested by its title, charts Elvis’s decline, including his emotional reliance on overeating.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Set in a retrofuturistic 1960s, the adventure has the heroes scrambling to deal with an existential crisis when the planet-devouring Galactus (Ralph Ineson) shows up, threatening to consume Earth unless Reed and Sue give him their newborn son.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Could these experiments, it was asked, produce accidental black holes — devouring Earth — or even conditions that might tip the Universe, cataclysmically, into a new physical state?—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Casteel suspects that long before whole-body deodorant arrived on the market, many people were using existing products in unsafe ways; in rare cases, people have died from inadvertently inhaling the gases of aerosol deodorants.—
Franklin Schneider,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Aimer’s vocals resonate with the story of the Infinity Castle movie, filling the song with strength, determination, and vulnerability.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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With kids settling back into school routines and store shelves filling with Halloween decor, the season is shifting.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Tom’s appeal includes an elevated menu offering lobster tacos and craft beers and its dedication to a 360-degree viewing experience on game day, cramming each restaurant with more than 100 televisions tuned to multiple sports around the country.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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There's no forcibly cramming the phone into your pockets—the Air just fits.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Is this the beginning of a long-term trend of AI gobbling up jobs?—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Gorging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorging. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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