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 on the Web As with our home galaxy, the Milky Way, a supermassive black hole sits at its center, gobbling up any matter in its path. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024 In Denmark, with prescriptions for the drugs gobbling up 18% of regional drug budgets in 2023, officials were considering the unthinkable in a system that prides itself on free cradle-to-grave coverage: forcing patients to pay out-of-pocket for Ozempic — a drug made in the country. Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 7 Aug. 2024 Here’s to the week ahead, and don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, feedback, joy, or tips on how to prevent AI from gobbling up Planet Earth. Peter Green, Quartz, 28 July 2024 Soon, Novotny’s red combine rolls smoothly over the fields, like a lawnmower gobbling up grass. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for gobble 

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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.

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