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Recent Examples of orgy
During the orgy sequence in Episode 1, Peacemaker discovers a door in his late father, Auggie’s (Robert Patrick) house that leads to a parallel universe where all that is wrong in his current world is right in the new dimension.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Out of this misperception grew an orgy of reckless extrapolation, with Lowell presiding in the Hef robe.
—David Kamp, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
While John and Quiet try to navigate the orgy on the way to the vault, Dollface kills the snipers who could prevent their escape.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Without a video screen to show her face — even cameras and binoculars are strictly forbidden at her concerts — the audience focuses only on her electrifying voice and the orgy of light and graphics displayed behind her.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Out of this misperception grew an orgy of reckless extrapolation, with Lowell presiding in the Hef robe.
—David Kamp, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
While John and Quiet try to navigate the orgy on the way to the vault, Dollface kills the snipers who could prevent their escape.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
Without a video screen to show her face — even cameras and binoculars are strictly forbidden at her concerts — the audience focuses only on her electrifying voice and the orgy of light and graphics displayed behind her.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
Noun
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For all the revelry, there was a tough, discursive seriousness in the approach that Lang and O’Hara took to their labors in the late forties and early fifties.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Thirty-two in-person bands were scheduled to join in the revelry Sunday, organizers said, with 11 from Massachusetts and others from Seattle to New Orleans to Minneapolis.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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This gastro bacchanalia might look unchanged from a few decades ago, with 90-pound butter sculptures and century-old barns, towering carnival rides, and extravagant displays of agriculture.—
Jess Eng,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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The only sober attendees are a father (Sergi López) and his young son (Bruno Núñez) who are hoping to find the boy’s sister, a bohemian swept up in the relentless rhythm of this road-tripping bacchanalia.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
Noun
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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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Adebayo only scored four points and didn’t hit another three-pointer after his first-quarter eruption, but the Heat still cruised to a blowout win behind its balanced attack.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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Weathering the team's quarterback crisis, Jefferson reached a boiling point on Thursday night during a blowout loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.—
Trevor Squire,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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