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Recent Examples of orgy
Prosecutors have argued Gina was a victim of the same type of violence and marathon orgies as both Ventura and Jane.
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Kaitlyn Morris, ABC News, 24 June 2025
Oh, also, that little assignation takes place during Talleyrand’s engagement party, which swiftly segues into a massive pansexual orgy, as such events so often do!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
In one chapter, Sina adapted choreography used to stage mass battles for an orgy scene at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Ava’s mom is in the writers’ room for a wild and perfect news story: Our favorite Las Vegas mayor was caught having an orgy on a zamboni with MULTIPLE hockey players!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Kaitlyn Morris, ABC News, 24 June 2025
Oh, also, that little assignation takes place during Talleyrand’s engagement party, which swiftly segues into a massive pansexual orgy, as such events so often do!
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025
In one chapter, Sina adapted choreography used to stage mass battles for an orgy scene at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Ava’s mom is in the writers’ room for a wild and perfect news story: Our favorite Las Vegas mayor was caught having an orgy on a zamboni with MULTIPLE hockey players!
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
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Breaking up the wearying journey, devotees gather for outbreaks of extravagant revelry – ground-shaking music and dancing fueled by devotion, ganja and alcohol, as befits in their eyes Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and renewal, to whom the festival is dedicated.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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After a few days of revelry—going to sleep at 3 a.m., waking up at 6 a.m., bull runs, lunches, aperitivos, dances—my constitution was reeling.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 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
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Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.—
Calum Marsh,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Whilst the revels did flourish, Freeman labored upon his own grand design — the fair Castle Gwynn, a stone bastion of olden style, rising proudly across from the fields of festivity in Arrington.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 May 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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Oh, Hi! and the Pete Davidson-starring thriller The Home don't stand in the way, next week is going to be a good old fashioned Marvel vs. DC blowout at the box office.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
20 July 2025
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Some went all out with an overseas blowout, while others kept things low-key, surrounded by just immediate family at a favorite local place.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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