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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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These words naturally lift the corners of your mouth and create a more genuine expression.—
Christine Buzan,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Fatu was shown laid out, bleeding from the mouth, with what appeared to be teeth scattered on the floor nearby.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Most material won’t plunge headlong into the cosmic dumpster’s maw.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Through much trial and error, Flores was able to teach himself how to program the skeletons to move their jaws and heads in time with prerecorded dialogue or songs of his choosing.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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