gorged
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January tends to come with a slowdown in spending after consumers have gorged on shopping for the holidays.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
“The world couldn’t get access to enough Chinese goods in ’21, and it gorged on Chinese goods in ’22,” said Brad Setser, an economist and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Exasperated from not being able to elicit a clear, resounding “Yes!” from him, I hung up and gorged on my nuggets.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023
Steve Smith and Travis Head gorged on some below-par bowling before the Aussie pace bowlers thundered into a shell-shocked India top order.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023
“But the pup has gorged on stewed cow and cream,” returned Shed.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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