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Recent Examples of gobble
Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
But this will create more consumer demand for memory when AI data centers will continue to gobble up the supplies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
But this will create more consumer demand for memory when AI data centers will continue to gobble up the supplies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 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 25 Mar. 2026.
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