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Recent Examples of orgy
Among Somner’s more memorable demonstrations of that skill was overseeing the wild airplane orgy scene in The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Since the camera crew started following her around, Nadja has reined in her hedonistic tendencies; the vampires haven’t hosted their annual orgy since season one, at least not on-camera.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
When Elizabeth and Catherine walk in, there is a full-on drunken orgy happening, complete with a young man going down on Anjou.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
For the Russia release, the producers received requests to black out a scene where Strong, as Cohn, participates in a gay orgy.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
Since the camera crew started following her around, Nadja has reined in her hedonistic tendencies; the vampires haven’t hosted their annual orgy since season one, at least not on-camera.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
When Elizabeth and Catherine walk in, there is a full-on drunken orgy happening, complete with a young man going down on Anjou.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
For the Russia release, the producers received requests to black out a scene where Strong, as Cohn, participates in a gay orgy.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgy
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Seen through the flicker of firelight and fighting, however, are the village musicians, whose fiddles and harmonizing voices rise pure and sweet above the revelry.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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The event is pageantry and patriotism with a revelry of cadets and midshipmen bouncing and cheering for their branch.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 11 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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However, few spectators could have expected the blowout loss that the Saints would experience.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Texas-Clemson game (a 38-24 win for Texas) brought in 8.6 million viewers in the late afternoon, and Penn State’s 38-10 blowout of SMU averaged 6.4 million in the noon ET spot.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Orgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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