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junketing

verb

present participle of junket

as in feeding

to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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The groups have watched pigeon flocks flee from hawks and have seen pigeons feeding crop milk, a substance adult pigeons produce near their throat, to their babies.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
For each TikTok, Moore animated Janie by feeding the still dorm room image into AI video model MiniMax H3.

— Jesse Watson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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The two dashing newcomers have since been regaling the Georgia Aquarium’s existing belugas, a quartet of females*, with tales of their peregrinations.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
One morning earlier this week, Thomas Lupo, the president and CEO of the American Wood Column Corporation, was in his office regaling two young entrepreneurs with tales of his 110-year-old family business.

— Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 June 2026

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Under the agreement, Prime Video will stream the annual awards honoring the best in TV for free to all audiences, including nonsubscribers, in more than 240 countries and territories.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
But during the 1960s and in subsequent decades, a growing patient rights movement embraced the importance of informed consent for honoring patients’ autonomy.

— Jennifer Schlinger, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

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It's been a busy summer for the bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve, feasting on fresh salmon and packing on the pounds.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
The researchers discovered bacteria feasting on simple carbon compounds within the liquid and found larger numbers of bacteria after fog events than before them—suggesting that the organisms are actually growing.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

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Stanford’s Residential & Dining Enterprises department, SFChronicle found, has previously used AI to create dining posters promoting different deals.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026
And on each level, the rooms are designed to flow through, rather than around, the two kitchens and dining rooms.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

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