Definition of gobblenext
as in to devour
to swallow or eat greedily gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days

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Recent Examples of gobble Last year, The Studio barged in and gobbled up six nominations; this year, Hacks did the same. Joe Reid, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Last month, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure. Mark Yarm, PC Magazine, 15 July 2026 In South Florida, the semi-aquatic species has a high reproduction rate and is a generalist feeder, gobbling everything from crabs to snakes to small mammals, according to FWC. Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026 Deer-Proof Your Garden To keep your flowers from being gobbled up by deer—one of the most heartbreaking of all garden misfortunes—choose flowers that people find glorious and deer find disgusting. Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gobble
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Verb
  • Then there are rabbitfish that can devour algae from the sea bottom, destroying the habitat for many indigenous species.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • There’s a gluttonous amount of food content out there waiting to be devoured, but none of it is like Emeril Live.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
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  • Put a drop or two in your palms, rub them together, and inhale the calming lavender-vanilla scent for a nice little reset.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 July 2026
  • There's been a drastic increase Fine particulates and gases, including carbon monoxide, are inhaled and can lodge deep within the lungs, causing inflammation and irritation.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 19 July 2026
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  • Rather than trying to gulp the slimy thing down, Wilkinson went into the kitchen and prepared an extravagant breakfast for himself, complete with Dr Pepper to wash it down.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 June 2026
  • Others can’t stand the sound of gulping.
    Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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