as in gorging
to eat greedily or to excess
one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food
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Of all the schemes that humans have devised to keep sea lions from gorging on the salmon of the Columbia River basin, none has worked for long.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Our collective efforts were failing as residents battled billionaires and the politicians gorging on them.—
Josh Peter,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
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Consider the vivid hypocrisy of the ICE agents who were seen feasting at the popular El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant in Willmar, Minnesota, and then returning later to arrest the owner and employees of this café that had graciously served them.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Trump wants to add a second story to the White House, feasting on its transformation from hallowed hall to cut-rate wedding cake.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Pigging out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigging%20out. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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