as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
walked the bridge over the gorge, marveling at the spectacular drop
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as in to feast
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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Recent Examples of gorge
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Kloss’ landscape prints deftly, insightfully capture the mountains and streams and gorges and cottonwood trees and snow and atmosphere of the terrain in and around Taos.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Their mutual job is to make sure that whatever is in the gorge never manages to get out.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
Kloss’ landscape prints deftly, insightfully capture the mountains and streams and gorges and cottonwood trees and snow and atmosphere of the terrain in and around Taos.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
Tykwer was one of a new generation of film geek obsessives, autodidacts who gorged themselves on midnight screenings, VHS tapes and repertory theaters, whose movies would mash up the tropes and obsessions of cinema history with the fresh aesthetics of video games and music videos.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.
—Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorge
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As was common all over the Florida Gulf Coast, the road nearby was lined with a canyon of refrigerators and cabinets and other household items ruined by the flood waters and left out by the curb for the city to haul away.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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In January, thousands of portraits still at Adelaide were breathtakingly close to the Palisades Fire, which burned nearly all the homes on the other side of the canyon.—
Michael Slenske,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Apr. 2025
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Tamales, especially popular during the Christmas holidays, are bundles of corn masa stuffed with savory or sweet fillings and wrapped in a corn husk.—
Pat Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Facing up against those classic cookies were the Aussie-Style Chocolate Crème Sandwich Cookies, which are made in the Netherlands and come with chocolate crème stuffed between two crisp, rectangular cookies.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Warriors feasted in that game against any Grizzlies lineup that featured Santi Aldama.—
Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Contrast this with today’s reality: isolated vendors, running alone, while attackers feast on the gaps.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Dislodged aphids rarely find their way back up and are often devoured by spiders and ground beetles.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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For decades, they were cast as invasive predators in American dining, displacing or devouring the small restaurants that came before.—
Meghan McCarron Phil Donohue,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Baboons respond with sharp warning cries that echo through the ravine.—
Julia Eskins,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Dining Whatever your palate, you’ll be happily sated during your stay at Le Meridien Maldives.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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True to form, Trump responded by mostly going on a tangent about lobbyists, and Von seemed sated enough to not quite follow up.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Sign #8: Failure to Quit Despite previous attempts to stop overeating and giving in to food cravings, people with food addiction tend to continuously fail to do so.—
Michael MacIntyre,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2025
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Overeating and Its Triggers There are many possible causes of overeating.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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But inhaling enough can turn the act of breathing into an existential hazard, prompting or worsening asthma, COPD, respiratory infections, and permanent lung damage.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
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Another great one is the 4-7-8 breath, which activates the parasympathetic nervous system: inhale for four counts, hold for seven and exhale slowly for eight.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Gorge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorge. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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