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Recent Examples of glutton
Ever a glutton for executive orders, Trump has signed nearly 70 so far.
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
In the early 1980s, in the 1990s, returning like a malarial fever, the enemy was the Medfly, the Mediterranean fruit fly — pest, parasite, glutton for our golden harvests, despoiler of sunny citrus and rosy peaches, murderer of guacamole avocados.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Rough Road Bikes: A trio of steeds for the path less taken.
Road Runners: Six pairs of pavement gluttons.
—Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 14 July 2021
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Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The Suns may thwart a fast break, but end up with a tiny guard trying to keep a glass glutton off the boards.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
In the early 1980s, in the 1990s, returning like a malarial fever, the enemy was the Medfly, the Mediterranean fruit fly — pest, parasite, glutton for our golden harvests, despoiler of sunny citrus and rosy peaches, murderer of guacamole avocados.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Rough Road Bikes: A trio of steeds for the path less taken.
Road Runners: Six pairs of pavement gluttons.
—Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 14 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glutton
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The Nipah virus, though, has a long incubation rate, which allows the people who have been infected to be isolated and for the infected animals (usually pigs) who gave it to the humans to be culled.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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Carried by fruit bats and animals such as pigs, the virus can cause fever and brain inflammation.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Several types of animals are raised at the farm including sheep, cattle, turkeys, hogs, and miniature donkeys.—
Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The gut and go maneuver — also known as hog-housing and radiator capping in other states — is expressly banned in the Missouri Constitution, for instance.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Glutton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glutton. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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