1
as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!
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2
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily
hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge
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Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025 -
For Now While central banks abroad accelerate, private tokens at home are gorging on the vacuum.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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However, library patrons continue to devour non-digital media.—
Katie Lauer,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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The dog's eagerness to devour the strawberry could be down to genetics, according to a Cambridge University study published in Cell Metabolism back in May 2016.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Plot details are currently under wraps, but with just three episodes left in season two, there's sure to be plenty to feast upon as the stakes climb higher and higher.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Read Next Florida 42 apex predators that feast on venomous snakes released in Florida.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
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As months and years of data arrived, Keeling’s rigorous work revealed two global phenomena: Earth’s plants inhaling CO2 each summer and exhaling it each winter, and CO2 levels’ unrelenting annual increase.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Workers who inhaled Teflon fumes developed flu-like symptoms.—
Mariah Blake,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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The main risk with giving ice cubes is choking, especially for small dogs or dogs that gulp their food.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The Ratliff family is on the brink of financial ruin as Jason Isaacs’ patriarch Timothy holds out from telling his wife or children and instead gulps down Victoria’s (Parker Posey) lorazepam to dissociate from reality.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Gormandize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandize. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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