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gorged

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verb

past tense of gorge
1
as in stuffed
to fill with food to capacity we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving

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2
as in feasted
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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3
as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat

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Recent Examples of gorged
Verb
The Raiders gorged in a different way, blowing the center market out of the water with a massive, $27 million per year contract for Baltimore’s Tyler Linderbaum and rocketing toward the top of the league in money spent. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026 This means selling off many of the securities the Fed gorged on in a stair-step of crises over the last 18 years. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
  • The play, which won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize this year, entices on the page despite seeming overstuffed and curiously decentralized.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Room décor varies, but many have a Tara Plantation-meets-Montepulciano thing going on, occasionally excessive but mostly pared back—think overstuffed chairs, frilly, floral curtains, exposed wood beam ceilings, and slim wooden furniture.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • After Haissem Hassan took down Nicolás Tagliafico in the box, Lionel Messi took the penalty kick, but his shot toward the right side of the goal was stuffed by a diving Mostafa Shoubir!
    NBC News, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • Over the past year, a wave of Strategy copycats have stuffed public companies with crypto in a bid to lift their share prices, but that trade has largely lost steam.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo feasted off low crosses to each score twice, punctuating this as the World Cup of cutbacks.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Hardaway has feasted on open shots created by Jokic and Doncic in recent years.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
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  • It had been pulled into the river and devoured by an enormous crocodile.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
  • With roughly 6 1/2 minutes left, Chestnut had devoured 32 dogs to Gray’s 10, according to live unofficial results on ESPN.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
  • It’s glutted with supporting characters, and the plot still eddies through a series of clearly episodic incidents.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And as always, players swilled beer out of it in front of cheering crowds at the Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For live music, Feidiou 2 is a small rebetadiko, or traditional music cafe, known for its melancholic Greek folk music and meze bites swilled down with sharp swigs of tsipouro, a Greek version of grappa.
    Anastasia Miari, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2024
Verb
  • But fallen ash still poses major health risks if ingested or inhaled.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • When wildfire smoke is inhaled, volatile gases and tiny particles can pass through the lining of the lungs and enter the bloodstream.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • His thirst would be sated in the second half.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Her fans, many sporting sheer red gloves, cat ears and varying levels of undress, were eager to be sated and reacted as if their souls were being saved within seconds of the start of each of the 23 songs Grande performed.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 June 2026

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“Gorged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorged. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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