gobbled

past tense of gobble
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 The other option, pushing the Super Bowl back a week, was initially rejected because New Orleans, the host city, had booked an automobile dealers’ convention that had gobbled up most of the desirable hotel rooms. Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The Preserve was first protected with the signing of a conservation easement in 2015 after nearly being gobbled up by private developers and years of staunch advocacy to preserve it. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026 In Wolf’s Belly, Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother find themselves in a magical void with other fairytale characters that the wolf has gobbled up, including the Boy who Cried Wolf and a fourth Little Pig. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 For three consecutive evenings, just before dark, this bird zipped to the dining table, gobbled down a quick meal, then hurried back to its roost. Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 The instant Schwartzel's ball hit the pond, a fish — seemingly a largemouth bass — exploded from the water and gobbled it up like someone had just tossed a topwater lure directly onto its head. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 In June, in a move that reverberated through the tech industry, Apple raised prices across nearly all of its product lines in response to the surging costs of memory and storage, which are being gobbled up for AI infrastructure. Mark Yarm, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 And Amazon and other merchants gobbled up the ubiquitous concrete cubes dotting the region’s landscape. Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 Though many old artists’ residences have been gobbled up by new high-rises, pockets of nostalgia persist on the streets of New York’s NoHo neighborhood. Jennifer Fernandez, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2026
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Verb
  • Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.
    Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Readers and critics devoured the book (no pun intended), but their responses often worry Brooks.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Midcentury Modern library where Rosales first inhaled the aroma of old books has changed.
    Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Other critics in Congress have focused on products that can be inhaled and high-potency candy products, as well as the lack of THC caps and testing requirements for those products.
    Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026

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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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