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as in gorged
to eat greedily or to excess
everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving—it's traditional!
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as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
hungry soccer players who will gormandize whatever they happen to find in the fridge
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My son devoured his giant burger quesadilla, and the chilaquiles burger (chips, sauce and egg atop a burger patty) was messy, tasty fun.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026 -
It will be devoured by the 49ers Faithful’s malnourished soul that has craved another championship for 31 years.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Guardiola inhaled deeply when asked about the non-handball against Wolves last weekend and could have decided not to comment.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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These tiny water droplets—aerosol plumes, according to commercial cleaning expert Shari Cedar—can be inhaled and cover towels, countertops, and, yes, even your toothbrush after a flush.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
17 Jan. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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In 2010, police discovered a body in the wine cellar, crammed into a hole.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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The result is a stellar remnant with a mass between one and two times the mass of the sun, filled with neutron-rich matter crammed into a width of around 12 miles (20 kilometers).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Legal experts scoffed at the claim, and Reinert said any suspect who gets charged with a crime in Minnesota would normally be extradited to face the allegations there.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Witt scoffed at that suggestion.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Gormandized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gormandized. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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