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Recent Examples of force-feed
To stop is to die, or, worse, to be force-fed a clip of Ricky Gervais saying words.
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Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Boyd and her cohorts were there to document their dispersal, compiling data while force-feeding wood stoves to heat drafty cabins in subzero winters.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
The Bills won’t be force-feeding the humble Shakir.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
During her previous 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors accused Letby of force-feeding infants' milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
The woman is also accused of force-feeding some children and carrying one child upside down by the ankle while strapped to a chair, WTAE reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
Conservative orthodoxy at the national level holds that parents must be given an out from a failing public education system that force-feeds children progressive fads.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
During her 10-month trial in Manchester Crown Court, prosecutors accused her of force-feeding infants’ milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
See George Wallace force-feeding Mulaney very vanilla cake with a giant silver spoon and crossing everyone’s boundaries, minus Richard Kind’s (true love).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 13 May 2024
Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Boyd and her cohorts were there to document their dispersal, compiling data while force-feeding wood stoves to heat drafty cabins in subzero winters.
—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
The Bills won’t be force-feeding the humble Shakir.
—Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
During her previous 10-month trial at Manchester Crown Court in 2022 and 2023, prosecutors accused Letby of force-feeding infants' milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
The woman is also accused of force-feeding some children and carrying one child upside down by the ankle while strapped to a chair, WTAE reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
Conservative orthodoxy at the national level holds that parents must be given an out from a failing public education system that force-feeds children progressive fads.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 July 2024
During her 10-month trial in Manchester Crown Court, prosecutors accused her of force-feeding infants’ milk, poisoning some with insulin and injecting others with air.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
See George Wallace force-feeding Mulaney very vanilla cake with a giant silver spoon and crossing everyone’s boundaries, minus Richard Kind’s (true love).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 13 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for force-feed
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The goal is steady feeding without overfeeding, which can damage the tree.Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
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Her methods, the court concluded, included injecting premature infants with air or insulin, overfeeding them, and harming them with medical tools.The Week UK, theweek, 28 July 2024
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Too much filler fattening up this episode, and too little meat on the bone.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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All the vampires begin to feel like failures — and there’s so much negative energy in the air that Colin is fattening up before our very eyes.Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024
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The nature is pretty cool My ship’s route from the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean was a beautiful one, filled with islands ringed in red-earthed cliffs and dark, forested riversides.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Huts fill up fast, so check each property’s for pricing and availability.Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
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Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
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“Force-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/force-feed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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