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Recent Examples of gobble
Their reward was the studio getting gobbled up by oligarchs, but still!
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.
—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
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Astronomers have used the XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) X-ray spacecraft to discover that a star is being slowly devoured by an elusive stellar companion, solving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over a century.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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When spores are inhaled, symptoms include fever, nausea and chest pain.—
Hannah Kinzer,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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When a degraded grassland returns to health, the ground heaves up, as if inhaling with relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 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 1 Apr. 2026.
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