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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobbled (up or down)
Verb
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Kevin Verville agreed to put away groceries while Sheila drove his wife and baby to the agency office to fill out paperwork.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025 -
But Thuram’s injury and Marko Arnautovic’s misses in the first leg of their last-16 clash stopped Inter from putting away Atletico Madrid, who seized on a mistake by Benjamin Pavard to come back from 1-0 down in the second leg and 2-0 down in the tie to knock them out.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Their answer was the Armed Services Editions — hundreds of titles printed on cheap paper and handed out to GIs, who devoured them in their downtime.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2025
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Bouncing off glossy metal, being devoured by voluptuous fabrics or pouring out of lamp heads, light is always a design star.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Gobbled (up or down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbled%20%28up%20or%20down%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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