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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled (up)
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Later in 2025, the diver located human remains that were ultimately turned over to the state medical examiner's office.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
Healey says the administration has not assured her office that the information will not be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
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Once in a while, black flats compress the space, framing a single character’s face, bathed in a bleaching white light, as if their vulnerabilities were being scanned by an MRI.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2026
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Formatting breaks, conversions get messy, and scanned documents feel painful to work with.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Coors Field has made Hall of Famers feign injuries, rookies beg for mercy, and used Lorenzen for dental floss after the Phillies devoured, in order, his curve, slider, cutter, changeup and sinker.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 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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“Gobbled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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