gobs

plural of gob

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Recent Examples of gobs Dalton said a lengthy prison sentence wouldn’t make the community any safer, wouldn’t help the man with his addiction and would cost taxpayers gobs of money. Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025 In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobs
Noun
  • Plus, the open backs will keep your feet feeling cool during tons of warm-weather activities.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 16 May 2025
  • But after crushing the Cavs and gaining a ton of experience last year, the Pacers see a path to getting eight more wins.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat wave as temperatures climbed to the high 90s in parts of Southern California.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • The district also has proposed eliminating dozens of other non-administrator positions, including 21 in academics, 12 in operations, four in communications, 10 in information technology, eight in human resources, three in finance and two in strategy, Sullivan confirmed.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The survey was conducted between April 3 and April 23 — a period that followed Trump’s April 2 announcement of a new slew of massive tariffs and a later pause of dozens of those tariffs.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • The Grand Hyatt’s remodel is the latest in a slew of construction taking place at DFW.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • After building an 11-run lead by getting a bunch of hits and getting some help, the Padres held on for a 13-9 victory over the possibly historically horrible Rockies on Friday night at Coors Field.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • The Vince Vaughn Netflix dramedy leads a bunch of new flicks in May that have arrived on your favorite streaming services, from Hulu and Amazon's Prime Video to Peacock and Max.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Speaking at a Hollywood Radio and Television Society panel Thursday on the Walt Disney Co. studio lot in Burbank, FX boss John Landgraf was circumspect about where the entertainment industry is going.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 May 2025
  • Used up Cars sit on a Chevrolet dealership’s lot on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
  • The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, Black single mothers who own businesses are five times more likely to own property and create generational wealth compared to those who do not.
    Essence, Essence, 9 May 2025
  • The couple had three more children — daughters — and Livy’s seemingly bottomless wealth supported him.
    Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025

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“Gobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobs. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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