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- verb Present participle of
fete .
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Examples
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No, say the pundits, this one is for the grand old parties, tea and otherwise, that would-be plutocrats are feting.
Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy Beth Broderick 2010
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No, say the pundits, this one is for the grand old parties, tea and otherwise, that would-be plutocrats are feting.
Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy Beth Broderick 2010
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Having been snubbed during his last not-quite State visit (Cheney napping during his speech, no Chinese flags displayed, boorish Bush yanking Hu on his sleeve, the secret service allowing protester to scream at the top of her lungs for 3 minutes before removing her, etc.), this time around the feting and honor (hey, instead of rubber chicken, at least the $45 Billion in gifts bought Hu steak and lobster) was more befitting.
Hu Jintao's visit: the story the media missed | Dean Baker 2011
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No, say the pundits, this one is for the grand old parties, tea and otherwise, that would-be plutocrats are feting.
Beth Broderick: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Plutocracy Beth Broderick 2010
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Turkish Kurd politicians overplayed their hand, feting the returning insurgents, who were wearing their distinctive guerrilla outfits.
Preparing for Peace in Turkey Hugh Pope 2011
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The Western powers knew Muammar Qaddafi was a nasty dictator a couple months ago when they were feting him for having reformed and joined the international community.
Doug Bandow: War in Libya: Barack Obama Gets in Touch with his Inner Neocon Doug Bandow 2011
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WASHINGTON -- Among the well-placed Washington crowd feting former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney Fundraising With A Solyndra Lobbyist The Huffington Post News Team 2011
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That the film celebrates a true story -- and features Pitt playing an actual person -- seemed to have been forgotten for the moment, such was the euphoria of the crowd's feting of the actor.
'Moneyball': Billy Beane Talks Brad Pitt, 'Surreal' Movie Experience At Toronto Premiere 2011
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The Western powers knew Muammar Qaddafi was a nasty dictator a couple months ago when they were feting him for having reformed and joined the international community.
Doug Bandow: War in Libya: Barack Obama Gets in Touch with his Inner Neocon Doug Bandow 2011
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Today, as the news of the Kennedy Center-Washington National Opera merger makes its way into the newspapers, the outgoing general director of WNO is feting a long-awaited anniversary of his own.
Happy Birthday Plácido Anne Midgette 2011
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