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Recent Examples of gobble
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, operating expenditure gobbled up a fifth of Liverpool’s revenue.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
To combat them, the demons form their own rival K-pop boy band, dubbed the Saja Boys, stealing HUNTR/X's fans and gobbling up their souls for their demon master.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The sprawl was bleeding westward, and gobbling up public land to do it.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Hyper-realistic calling is less essential, since research (and experience) shows turkeys often gobble in response to nonnatural sounds, such as gunshots.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
To combat them, the demons form their own rival K-pop boy band, dubbed the Saja Boys, stealing HUNTR/X's fans and gobbling up their souls for their demon master.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
The sprawl was bleeding westward, and gobbling up public land to do it.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Hyper-realistic calling is less essential, since research (and experience) shows turkeys often gobble in response to nonnatural sounds, such as gunshots.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
Verb
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Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris devoured the movies of John Wayne growing up.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The media devoured his story like a plate of fresh oysters.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Studies have shown how lead particles that fell to the ground were kicked back up into the air again where people could inhale them, along with other contaminants.—
Armin Sorooshian,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026
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Humans are evolutionarily designed for hunting and gathering — not for lifting 50-pound boxes for eight hours straight or inhaling toxic dust in an industrial sanding booth.—
Vivek Ranadive,
Fortune,
14 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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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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