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Davidsen starts this “Salome” in a back room of the brutalist set where Herod’s orgy is taking place, wearing a white raincoat, her black hair stringy in a Goth look.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

In fact it must always be the last resort, and then not be allowed to turn into an orgy of dominance over the foe.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2022

She didn’t try to leverage it into a rhetoric of cruelty, nor did she try to transform it into a self-congratulatory orgy of empathy, much less a “celebration” of people’s “identities.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

The festival of guesswork, the orgy of speculation.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

Beyond shame, I cradled my head in my arms and embarked on an orgy of self-pity.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer