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gobble (up)

verb

Definition of gobble (up)

as in to turn over

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Before, the city seemed to have been run by bankers and media professionals and fashion people and celebrities, but now Manhattan had been turned over to men in urban-warfare attire, with brawny forearms and high-and-tight haircuts.

— Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
The ground beneath them has turned over; Darnell Nurse has been replaced with Shea after the latter’s breakout season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of turn over

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Any food or flesh that crossed their paths was quickly devoured.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Davis loved to read and collect books, devouring anything from John Updike and Margaret Atwood, among other authors, a passion that necessitated having bookshelves in every room of his home.

— Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of devour

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Throughout the operation, the robot autonomously scanned the cardiac tissue, mapped out the precise location of the lesion, and navigated the complex pathway to deploy the cardiac occluder with sub-millimeter precision.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
In 1982 — the entire decade captured with quiet authenticity by production designer Brian Kane — Rita leads what would scan to many like a good-enough life.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of scan

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Autonomous systems that browse the web, execute code, call APIs and make decisions on behalf of humans are no longer experimental prototypes.

— Neeraj Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The marketplace is also a great place to browse for vintage brass and mother of pearl options.

— Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026

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