as in to gorge
to eat greedily or to excess
one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food
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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 -
Along with a few humpbacks, those fin whales were gorging on their favorite food: krill, a pinky-sized, shrimp-like crustacean that forms the base of the food web in the Southern Ocean.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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To run the table, Fearne would need the two-man game of Mingo and Anton Bonke to feast on smaller defenders, wing Arden Conyers to continue his late-season stride, and the hit-or-miss game of Damoni Harrison to fire on all cylinders.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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The fruit his study subjects were feasting on is called African star apple.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Pig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pig%20out. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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