gobbled (up)

verb

past tense of gobble (up)
as in turned over

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  1. turned over
  2. scanned
  3. devoured
Verb
  • Once the investigation was completed, the department said the case would be turned over to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The backfield is turned over to Aneyas Williams, who had a decent enough year last year.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned over
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  • Scientists gave participants blind taste tests, then scanned their brains during tastings.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Woodland’s cameras have scanned more than 392,000 license plates in the past 30 days, according to the department’s transparency website.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • 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
Definition of devoured
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“Gobbled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%29. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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