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Recent Examples of orgy
Everyone is enticed into this orgy of analysis, to feast and gorge on information, to go a little mad in the process.
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, audiences had been primed by the marketing to expect an explicit, boundary-pushing erotic thriller featuring an extended orgy sequence that almost triggered an NC-17 rating.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Yes, as the orgy was saved til almost the end of the shoot.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
The four libertines are fascists engaged in a last orgy of terror as the country slides from their control.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, audiences had been primed by the marketing to expect an explicit, boundary-pushing erotic thriller featuring an extended orgy sequence that almost triggered an NC-17 rating.
—Lane Brown, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
Yes, as the orgy was saved til almost the end of the shoot.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
The four libertines are fascists engaged in a last orgy of terror as the country slides from their control.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
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Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, marks the climax and end of the weekslong Carnival season and a final chance for indulgence, feasting and revelry before the Christian Lent period of sacrifice and reflection.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Valentine's Day pagan connections Lupercalia was a debaucherous festival that celebrated the coming of spring that included animal sacrifices and drunken revelry to honor Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, and the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Betting is folded into the bacchanalia, so even non-gamblers gamble.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Now, 23 years later, Art Basel and the surrounding bacchanalia of Miami Art Week are firmly ensconced, even if the contemporary art market has been in the doldrums, and the city seems to have secured its place in the art firmament – at least in December.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 Nov. 2025
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Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage and those who want slavery-supporting revels stripped of valor.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
28 July 2025
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So the couple also decided to give Huckleberry an important role in their gender revel.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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The results were solid, with three exciting mini-games in the round-robin tournament all going down to the buzzer before the blowout finale.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Leonard led the Clippers (25-28) with 24 points after scoring 41 in a blowout win in December in the last meeting between the teams.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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