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Recent Examples of force-feed
Instead, Misty leads a crew to force-feed him through a tube.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Attempts to force-feed Jokic resulted in bad-pass turnovers.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2024
When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Price of a delicacy: Physicists are developing a new way of producing foie gras that doesn’t require force-feeding the birds.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
However, the grim force-feeding situation becomes the last straw for Natalie, who seems to be the only Yellowjacket left with any sort of internal moral compass.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Rich whispered as the boat crew force-fed me pita bread.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Advertisement When the synthetic compound was force-fed to rats at doses of 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for two years, the animals developed kidney cancer and other forms of renal disease.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Beto’s mother, Cecilia, arrived at his bedside and force-fed him drops of juice while the family waited for an ambulance.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Attempts to force-feed Jokic resulted in bad-pass turnovers.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2024
When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Price of a delicacy: Physicists are developing a new way of producing foie gras that doesn’t require force-feeding the birds.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
However, the grim force-feeding situation becomes the last straw for Natalie, who seems to be the only Yellowjacket left with any sort of internal moral compass.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Rich whispered as the boat crew force-fed me pita bread.
—Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2025
Advertisement When the synthetic compound was force-fed to rats at doses of 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for two years, the animals developed kidney cancer and other forms of renal disease.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Beto’s mother, Cecilia, arrived at his bedside and force-fed him drops of juice while the family waited for an ambulance.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for force-feed
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The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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After using the summer to feed and fatten up in Alaska, the whales migrate to Mexico in the winter to breed and give birth.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Her mother’s pullets were raised clean on a green yard, on a menu of crushed corn and wayward bugs, not manufactured in the crowd and reek of a modern-day factory farm, fattened on fish meal.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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The roster is filled with veteran and versatile players, especially on offense, and a wealth of young talent on defense.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Smith fills a vital role as a defensive-minded midfielder who is adept at winning balls in the air and never losing her composure.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2023
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Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2023
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“Force-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/force-feed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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