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Small figures enjoying a lesbian orgy are embroidered onto the canvas, as if to remind viewers that when the outside world is hell, the body can offer private pleasure.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
28 Nov. 2024 -
The expectation was for an orgy of merchandise and fistfights over whatever happened to be left on the shelves.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
1 Aug. 2024
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Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
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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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There were stories of wild bacchanals involving nudists, and grand parties attended by the likes of artist Andy Warhol, jazz musician Charlie Parker and Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The infamous bacchanal held in the dusty, dry lake bed of Nevada’s Black Rock Desert started at a high of 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, August 29.—
Alden Wicker,
WIRED,
4 Apr. 2023
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The sound editors group invited firefighters to attend the gala as special guests with the audience honoring them for their heroic efforts during the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
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Pageant’s annual gala, set for April 19, is the best show in town; the regular season opens on March 6.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Saturnalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturnalia. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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