as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbled
Before accounting for any of the other costs involved in running a club of Barca’s stature, 81 cents in every euro were gobbled up by football staff costs or the fees paid to bring players to the Camp Nou.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Eight games into their postseason (seven wins), their starting pitchers – Shohei Ohtani, Snell, Yamamoto and Glasnow – have gobbled up 52⅔ innings while allowing 11 runs (nine earned) on 24 hits and striking out 63.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
As for socialism, the factories of the Eastern Bloc gobbled up resources, using two to three times as much steel as capitalist factories for every dollar of output produced.
—Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Detroit gobbled its crab cakes.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
And consider doubling the batch, because it’s guaranteed to be gobbled up.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The data centers that fuel AI have already gobbled up all of the content on just about every website visible on the internet.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Leafy cherry trees, the fruit all gone, gobbled up by us and by the birds, and trees with ripening white and flat peaches.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Eight games into their postseason (seven wins), their starting pitchers – Shohei Ohtani, Snell, Yamamoto and Glasnow – have gobbled up 52⅔ innings while allowing 11 runs (nine earned) on 24 hits and striking out 63.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
As for socialism, the factories of the Eastern Bloc gobbled up resources, using two to three times as much steel as capitalist factories for every dollar of output produced.
—Matthew Mitchell, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Detroit gobbled its crab cakes.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
This family- and crowd-friendly meal gets gobbled up at all kinds of occasions.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
And consider doubling the batch, because it’s guaranteed to be gobbled up.
—Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
The data centers that fuel AI have already gobbled up all of the content on just about every website visible on the internet.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Leafy cherry trees, the fruit all gone, gobbled up by us and by the birds, and trees with ripening white and flat peaches.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled
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But in the theatrical cut, Riley briefly survives the drop before being devoured by Tarion’s paw soldiers, the Hellhounds.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
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Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Health and Safety Concerns Proper ventilation is vital when using bleach because bleach fumes can be harmful if inhaled.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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