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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled (up)
Verb
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French investigators identified 89 victims of Leveugle, boys aged 13 to 17, after examining a 15-volume digital memoir found on a USB drive that one of his relatives turned over to police, the Grenoble prosecutor said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Within a couple years, Wexner had turned over management of his vast fortune to Epstein.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Fortune,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Raman spectroscopy scanned multiple points across the film to detect structural damage.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The atmosphere at Guard and Grace Guard and his team scanned cities nationwide for the right spot to open the next Guard and Grace, eventually tossing aside Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Nashville and Miami in favor of Charlotte.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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My son devoured his giant burger quesadilla, and the chilaquiles burger (chips, sauce and egg atop a burger patty) was messy, tasty fun.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
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Funds devoured by the health care-industrial complex could otherwise go to the productive economy, including workers’ wages and local businesses.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Gobbled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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