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Recent Examples of gullet
The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans.
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Nov. 2024
The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on its latest catch, which happened to be the rat stuffed in its gullet.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Eventually, a freaky, spider-like facehugger will hatch from an egg and, true to its name, latch onto a host’s face and force an embryo down their unwilling gullets.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Nov. 2024
The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on its latest catch, which happened to be the rat stuffed in its gullet.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
Eventually, a freaky, spider-like facehugger will hatch from an egg and, true to its name, latch onto a host’s face and force an embryo down their unwilling gullets.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullet
Noun
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Charlamagne is the mouth, Dollie is the muscle — the one who makes sure ideas turn into institutions.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The picture shows the poster holding the feline’s mouth open with their hands to get a clear shot of his gums, which, in the clip, appear covered in small brown spots, both on the upper and lower parts.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These accretion disks gradually drop matter into the maw of the black hole, but not all of the material surrounding black holes is consumed.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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At one point, Atsu climbs its range and skirts along the mouth of the dormant volcano, which spreads like an impossibly massive maw in every direction (Yōtei is pushing the limits of draw-distance tech).—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The crocodile was seen swimming with the dead canine clamped between its jaws on Monday, per WESH.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hahn and Jeff Glaid, the WGFD biologist who conducted the study, told a room full of anglers in 2024 that if regulations didn’t change, and hooking injuries to fish — like bottom jaws torn off and severe scarring — continued, the department would have to start restocking in earnest.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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