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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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Korda gasped, covered her mouth, waved to the crowd and wiped away tears.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Several jurors appeared emotional, covering their mouths.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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All these devices had escaped the maw of oblivion.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Resistance, rebellion and retribution all come out to play in one of Disney+’s most consistent series that’s unafraid to put its larger-than-life characters into the maw of Venus fly trap-like set of moral and ethical issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Visitors entering the SoHo gallery’s second floor pass through the open jaws of a towering wolf sculpture, one of three oversized works commissioned from Garel specifically for the gallery.—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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The jaws appear to belong to organisms that resembled octopuses, but their exact classification, size in life and potential ecological role remain a mystery, according to the ScienceNews.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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