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junketing

verb

present participle of junket

as in feeding

to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Rather than fighting for eyeballs, these events are actually feeding into each other.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
To reach such sizes, these black holes must be voraciously feeding on surrounding gas and dust.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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The two dashing newcomers have since been regaling the Georgia Aquarium’s existing belugas, a quartet of females*, with tales of their peregrinations.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
One morning earlier this week, Thomas Lupo, the president and CEO of the American Wood Column Corporation, was in his office regaling two young entrepreneurs with tales of his 110-year-old family business.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 June 2026

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The researchers discovered bacteria feasting on simple carbon compounds within the liquid and found larger numbers of bacteria after fog events than before them—suggesting that the organisms are actually growing.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
My teenage aunts, entrusted with the care of thousands of white larvae feasting on lush, thick mulberry leaves, had to get up in the middle of the night to scatter more leaves into the trays.

— Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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The British royal family and the Norwegian royal family are closely linked, and in 2018, William and Kate Middleton went on an official tour to Norway, dining with Harald and his wife, Queen Sonja, at the Royal Palace.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026
Everyone could easily gather around the oversized kitchen island, and there was enough seating at both dining tables for 18 adults, plus five highchairs.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026

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