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Recent Examples of gobble
This meatless casserole is like your favorite artichoke dip in dinner form, so yes, your guests will gobble it right up.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
And getting a turkey to gobble over and over from long range will only draw other hunters to him.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
While most vegetables gobble up soil nutrients, beans, peas, and other legumes give back to gardens by adding nutrients to the soil with their nitrogen-fixing roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
Tech companies like Google and Meta's Facebook continue to gobble up the lion's share of ad dollars.
—Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
And getting a turkey to gobble over and over from long range will only draw other hunters to him.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
While most vegetables gobble up soil nutrients, beans, peas, and other legumes give back to gardens by adding nutrients to the soil with their nitrogen-fixing roots.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
Tech companies like Google and Meta's Facebook continue to gobble up the lion's share of ad dollars.
—Sarah Whitten,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
Verb
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Unlike earthworms, which enrich the soil, Asian Jumping Worms devour everything, stripping soil and damaging plant roots.—
Maria Braganini,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the wild, groundhogs feed on a variety of plants and some insects, but in gardens, groundhogs happily devour most vegetables, as well as fruit, bulbs, and tree bark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The vehicle lowers slightly and seems to inhale the pavement.—
Chris Jackson,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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For breathwork, Yasinksi recommends inhaling for four seconds, pausing for four seconds at the top, and then exhaling slowly.—
Lesly Gregory,
AJC.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Energy efficiency and carbon reduction were a big part of the pitch, as terrestrial data centers gulp enormous amounts of power and millions of gallons of coolant water.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
28 Mar. 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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