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Recent Examples of orgy
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The athletes will be congratulating each other — and often even themselves — in an orgy of antics, some qualifying as in your face and over the top.
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Hastreiter’s apartment is a kind of aesthetic orgy.
—Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2016, the comedian revealed that Bush turned down the offer to make a cameo in an orgy scene in Zoolander 2.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The athletes will be congratulating each other — and often even themselves — in an orgy of antics, some qualifying as in your face and over the top.
—Bob Brody, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
Hastreiter’s apartment is a kind of aesthetic orgy.
—Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
In 2016, the comedian revealed that Bush turned down the offer to make a cameo in an orgy scene in Zoolander 2.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
Noun
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Travelers come here seeking transformation—whether through serene spirituality or wild revelry.—
Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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The revelry lasted deep into the night, as fans splintered off to assorted afterparties, eventually heading to bed ahead of the first full day of the fest on Friday.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 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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Unless there’s a true blowout team performance, chefs who did great dishes inevitably provide cover for chefs who whiffed it — or vice versa, since losing chefs can tank a team and make chefs who nailed it ineligible for the win.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Comments Even when a blowout hotel isn’t in the budget, a fabulous night’s stay is within reach at these 15 properties, all of which come in at less than $300 a night.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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