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Recent Examples of gullet
In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet.
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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
Your family of otters may already be half-digested in a crocodile’s gullet, but what about writing a horror movie for kids?
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
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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
Your family of otters may already be half-digested in a crocodile’s gullet, but what about writing a horror movie for kids?
—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullet
Noun
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Next up could be the Hyatt Regency at the Brickell bridge along the mouth of the Miami River.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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The single artwork follows the theme of the track, which sees Kesha being choked by someone who holds a cigarette to her mouth, while another arm holds up a silver telephone to her ear.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
Noun
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What kind of people back a government that feeds an ally into the maw of Russian authoritarian expansionism and then blames the victim for it?—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Standing in the gaping maw of a garage is an Adonis, the bodybuilder Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors).—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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