as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbles
News to Know Scheffler gobbles up another win What’s left to say about Scottie Scheffler these days?
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Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbles
devours
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And Sacks, a PayPal Mafia member and veteran Silicon Valley investor, is just the sort of titan of industry this town routinely devours and humiliates — from Rex Tillerson to, well, Elon Musk.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even as the gyre devours the sun.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Gobbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbles. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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