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Recent Examples of gobble
This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
In counties near sprawling metropolitan centers, a developer may gobble it up for a new subdivision.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Looking to spend an upcoming weekend frolicking in a pumpkin patch, enjoying a hayride or gobbling up some homemade treats?
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2025
Wait to eat corn or gobble it up right away?
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
In counties near sprawling metropolitan centers, a developer may gobble it up for a new subdivision.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
Looking to spend an upcoming weekend frolicking in a pumpkin patch, enjoying a hayride or gobbling up some homemade treats?
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2025
Wait to eat corn or gobble it up right away?
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
Verb
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The Fujiwhara effect kicked in, and Hinnamnor and the depression interacted and rotated until the typhoon devoured the depression.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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That’s almost the scale of electricity that Sam Altman and his partners say will be devoured by their next wave of AI data centers—a single corporate project consuming more power, every single day, than two American cities pushed to their breaking point.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Simply inhaling for four counts and exhaling for four counts brings oxygen to your muscles, reducing the emotion's intensity and relaxing the body.—
Juli Fraga,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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One night Icarius got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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