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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbling (up)
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His team sits just a half-game out of second place in the East after turning over half of its rotation this offseason.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026 -
Richard Pitino will prove to be a good hire for the Musketeers, but the transition to a new coach and completely turning over the roster will make for a transition season.—
The Athletic College Basketball Staff,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The dastardly delicious reality show, The Traitors, is back with a vengeance for its fourth season, and my mom and I are devouring every episode while rapid-fire texting each other from our respective couches in Cleveland and Los Angeles.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Newsom spent more than a week in practice, reading his script off teleprompters, off and on, and devouring its content, the insider says.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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More than six years had passed since Capote, looking for a quick non-fiction project to earn some cash, had run across a wire-service story from Kansas while scanning the back pages of The New York Times.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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While scanning the shoreline, the helicopter crew discovered a man who matched the missing surfer's description and was stranded on rocks outside of Surfer's Beach.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Gobbling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbling%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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