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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbling (up or down)
Verb
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Return of the party crowd At Zuma, a stalwart venue of the usually busy lifestyle scene in the Dubai International Financial Centre, some of the party crowd are back, getting down to DJs and knocking back pricy cocktails.—
Melanie Swan,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026 -
John Slattery in Vladimir, wandering around on the sidelines, knocking back cocktails and running out to the backyard every hour or so to make sure his lettuce has been adequately watered.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Laundry — the end-to-end folding and putting away — is genuinely, profoundly hard.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The people who actually helped her were the ones who made the decision themselves—dropping off dinner, sending a gift card, showing up to organize the house, or putting away the baby gifts that had already arrived.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
28 May 2026
Verb
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After sipping on drink after drink, our testers selected seven sips that bubbled up above the rest.—
Sonal Dutt,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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The Princess of Wales has been seen sipping bubbly on the sidelines of Prince William’s polo matches.—
Mathilde Engelmann,
Vanity Fair,
2 June 2026
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“Gobbling (up or down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbling%20%28up%20or%20down%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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