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binge

[binj] / bɪndʒ /


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The AI data-center spending binge is helping to mask some of the weakness in the traditional categories of commercial and industrial buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In other words, the relentless urge to binge might not be a psychological failing or a lack of willpower but a measurable hormonal deficit that drugs might be able to treat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Feel free to binge them — or, if you prefer, you can check out my recommended episode to get a feel of each show’s spirit.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

It’s unclear why, and it doesn’t really do any favors to the show, which is more of a slow-burn psychological drama than a ripping action show that’s easy to binge through.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

It’s a puzzle why we binge on the sweetest and greasiest food we can find, until we consider the eating habits of our forager forebears.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Data-center developers have gone on their own borrowing binges to build capacity for Meta.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

A colony of macaques that gorge on snacks offered by tourists in the British territory of Gibraltar swallow soil to recover from their junk food binges, a study has found.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Each is an easy joy, designed for comfort binges and the kind of repeat consumption some of us crave during cozy season.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2024

In the depths of their internet binges, all three were looking for help, but GPs, mental health services, courses on stress and internet research on addiction did little to control the compulsions.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2024

I guessed that he had the jelly beans to make it look like he was offering kids a treat, but in actuality he never did and went on his own jelly-bean-eating binges.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

It then became an entertainment powerhouse by paying up for original series that could be streamed over the internet and often binged in a single evening.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

In reply to the post, Taraji P Henson - star of hits including Hidden Figures and Empire - said the show had had her in a "chokehold" and she had binged it in one day.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Before filming his first episode, Cudi binged several podcasts and tapped people like writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe, whose guidance helped him navigate hosting and connect authentically with his guests.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

They remember the shows that defined their childhood; that had them planted on couches for appointment viewing; that they binged when streaming came into the picture; that were fodder for water-cooler conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

She binged and dieted and then cycled through it all again.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

With a major career milestone within her reach and increased appearances in front of the camera, the sudden pressures on Maddie trigger long-hidden patterns of disordered eating: bingeing and purging, secrets and lies.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Even then, you can save a few bucks by bingeing it all later on down the road.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Young people around the world are snatching Adidas Tang-style jackets off the shelves, bingeing on Chinese micro-dramas and experimenting with powdery make-up looks flaunted by Chinese girls and women on Douyin, China's version of TikTok.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

After bingeing on labor during the pandemic, many corporations are slimming down as they face economic uncertainty and threats from AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

“He’s going on a date, not bingeing Simpsons reruns.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

I’m also nearly finished binging the sweet but juicy Peacock show “The Five-Star Weekend,” which is based on the Nantucket-set Elin Hilderbrand novel of the same name.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Still, patient viewers can save by waiting a couple months and binging the full seasons of both.

From MarketWatch May 31, 2026

The sci-fi series changed his life, he said, from binging early episodes on VHS tape in the 1990s to ending up working behind the scenes many years later.

From BBC May 31, 2025

Unlike disordered-eating behaviors like binging or purging, which often prompt concern or intervention, orthorexic actions are likely to be overlooked or even praised.

From Slate May 25, 2025

He remembers once telling Volpe that he was binging on Kurt Vonnegut novels, “going through a Vonnegut stage.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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