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Recent Examples of gullet
Cut away lungs, reaching up into the neck as far as possible to sever gullet and windpipe.
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Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
What excites me, after a decade and change of writing virtually the same review for every superhero film that was shoved down our gullets, is my suspicion that these movies will at least have the potential to suck in different and sometimes wildly unexpected ways.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2025
The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans.
—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
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Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
What excites me, after a decade and change of writing virtually the same review for every superhero film that was shoved down our gullets, is my suspicion that these movies will at least have the potential to suck in different and sometimes wildly unexpected ways.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2025
The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullet
Noun
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These silicone bottles are BPA-free and easy to clean with a wide mouth opening.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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So much for my unsmiling open mouth in my 2026 passport photo.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And as such are grappling with the complex history of figures like him, whose lust for profit is matched only by a prescient sense of what the world will need next to satiate the ravenous maw of industry and global capital.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The standout feature is its adaptive clamping jaws.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026
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Suitable for extreme chewers, even the strongest jaws can’t chomp through this chew.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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