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Recent Examples of gobble
Their reward was the studio getting gobbled up by oligarchs, but still!
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
But this will create more consumer demand for memory when AI data centers will continue to gobble up the supplies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Microscopic black particles called astrophage are gobbling the energy of every star including the sun.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
But this will create more consumer demand for memory when AI data centers will continue to gobble up the supplies.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Wild turkeys gobbled up Staten Island straphangers’ time on Monday, after a flock fouled up service on the Staten Island Railway.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
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Coors Field has made Hall of Famers feign injuries, rookies beg for mercy, and used Lorenzen for dental floss after the Phillies devoured, in order, his curve, slider, cutter, changeup and sinker.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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With horses to ride, fish to catch, and hearty cowboy meals to devour, there’s no time for screens on a dude ranch vacation.—
Julie Bielenberg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Once airborne, these microscopic spores are easily inhaled without people realizing it.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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When spores are inhaled, symptoms include fever, nausea and chest pain.—
Hannah Kinzer,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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