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Recent Examples of orgy
There, Manson led sermons, orchestrated orgies and fostered a cult-like environment.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
In a June 10 article about the anti-Israel vandalism of the U.S. Consulate in Sydney, the Associated Press initially whitewashed a menacing symbol used to denote support for Hamas since the terror organization’s Oct. 7 orgy of murder, rape and countless other atrocities.
—Tamar Sternthal, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
Yet the mass of people chooses lives of quiet or flamboyant desperation hoping to find meaning in orgies of hormonal gratifications.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
Among Somner’s more memorable demonstrations of that skill was overseeing the wild airplane orgy scene in The Wolf of Wall Street.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
In a June 10 article about the anti-Israel vandalism of the U.S. Consulate in Sydney, the Associated Press initially whitewashed a menacing symbol used to denote support for Hamas since the terror organization’s Oct. 7 orgy of murder, rape and countless other atrocities.
—Tamar Sternthal, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
Yet the mass of people chooses lives of quiet or flamboyant desperation hoping to find meaning in orgies of hormonal gratifications.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
Among Somner’s more memorable demonstrations of that skill was overseeing the wild airplane orgy scene in The Wolf of Wall Street.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
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At the core of it remains the music that came to define the city, synonymous with a culture of revelry that seems to have been directly targeted by the attacker.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
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For eager eyes anticipating his arrival, the NORAD Tracks Santa website and app are here to provide Christmas revelry by following exactly where in the world the Big Red Guy is and where his course will bring him next.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Branded events at Cannes, Martha’s Vineyard and Sundance have replaced Puff’s bacchanalias, and Michael Rubin’s annual Hamptons White Party is now the place to see and be seen.Amy DuBois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Our revels are over when she’s called back on set in Nashville to continue filming Scarpetta, the Amazon TV adaptation of Patricia Cornwall’s bestselling novels about crime-solving forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta, with Jamie Lee Curtis playing her sister and Ariana DeBose as her niece.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
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Salem's focus on confronting a difficult history, teamed with clever marketing and the explosion of the holiday into a mainstream cultural force, has made Salem the country's go-to spot for Halloween revels.Mike Deehan, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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Friday’s 25-point blowout by a surging Oklahoma City Thunder team, a legitimate threat to the championship throne, showcased the troubling norm for opponents exploiting New York’s lack of reliable bench depth.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Lions clinched the division and the NFC’s top seed Sunday night with a 34-9 blowout of the Vikings.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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