as in devoured
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbled
Poplawski theorizes that the reason the matter and antimatter asymmetry exists is that tiny primordial black holes created during the Big Bang gobbled up vast amounts of antimatter.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Perhaps center Rueben Chinyelu, Florida’s rebounding monster that had already gobbled up nine of his 13 in the first half, boxed them out.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Their reward was the studio getting gobbled up by oligarchs, but still!
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 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
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Much of the Broncos’ cap room has already been gobbled up by a rollicking run of long-term extensions across the past year, locking in core pieces from Zach Allen and Nik Bonitto to Luke Wattenberg and Malcolm Roach.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, operating expenditure gobbled up a fifth of Liverpool’s revenue.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Those are immediately gobbled up by bots, and the true value is realized on the secondary market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Perhaps center Rueben Chinyelu, Florida’s rebounding monster that had already gobbled up nine of his 13 in the first half, boxed them out.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
Their reward was the studio getting gobbled up by oligarchs, but still!
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 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
Josh Hart gobbled up seven rebounds, while Towns pulled down three offensive boards.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
Much of the Broncos’ cap room has already been gobbled up by a rollicking run of long-term extensions across the past year, locking in core pieces from Zach Allen and Nik Bonitto to Luke Wattenberg and Malcolm Roach.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, operating expenditure gobbled up a fifth of Liverpool’s revenue.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Those are immediately gobbled up by bots, and the true value is realized on the secondary market.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled
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Astronomers have used the XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) X-ray spacecraft to discover that a star is being slowly devoured by an elusive stellar companion, solving a mystery that has baffled scientists for over a century.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Born Carlos Ray Norris on March 10, 1940, in Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris devoured the movies of John Wayne growing up.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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Several fungal species are most often carried by dust and other soil disturbances, posing health risks when inhaled.—
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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“Gobbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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