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Recent Examples of orgy
Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency industry, having used its unfathomable resources to help knock out of Congress economic populists like Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, is poised to enjoy a deregulatory bonanza under Trump, setting the stage for an orgy of dangerous financial speculation.
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
There are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors, and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Heather is wearing a periwinkle gown that looks like a dry Swiffer orgy.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
His notoriously pornographic breakthrough novel, The Elementary Particles, trafficked in masturbation, flashing, orgies, and child rape but really amounted to a diatribe against a godless materialism.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
There are no secret cameras, no orgies, no other celebrities involved, no underground tunnels, no minors, and not so much as a hint of coercion or violence.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Heather is wearing a periwinkle gown that looks like a dry Swiffer orgy.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
His notoriously pornographic breakthrough novel, The Elementary Particles, trafficked in masturbation, flashing, orgies, and child rape but really amounted to a diatribe against a godless materialism.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
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The women in the fresco are both hunters and dancers, suggesting that the duality of slaughter and revelry was a central tenet.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
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To know Puerto Rico is to know kindness in its truest form—or to be more precise, both kindness and all-out drunken revelry in their truest forms.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
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During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales and more.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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Auburn’s blowout win at Kentucky and Alabama’s loss clinched the outright title for Bruce Pearl’s Tigers.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
2 Mar. 2025
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After their blowout win over Charlotte, the Warriors are 6-1 since acquiring Jimmy Butler, the six-time All-Star.—
Danny Emerman,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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