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Recent Examples of gobble
Even if that may be slightly down from years past, the megas are still gobbling everything up.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
This legislation will stop the insurance companies and PBMs from gobbling up even more of American health care and charging American families more and more for less.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
After all, there's nothing worse than a funnel cake that's not gobbled up in a cloud of sugar.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Alternatively, this exoplanet could have grown by gobbling up large amounts of solid materials rather than just gases.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
This legislation will stop the insurance companies and PBMs from gobbling up even more of American health care and charging American families more and more for less.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
After all, there's nothing worse than a funnel cake that's not gobbled up in a cloud of sugar.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Alternatively, this exoplanet could have grown by gobbling up large amounts of solid materials rather than just gases.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
Verb
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On what used to be my side of Sunset, many of the houses were devoured by ravenous flames.—
James R. Riffel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Several customers sat up to the bar — the centerpiece of the dining room — devouring plates of what appeared to be breakfast food.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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No injuries were reported, though one man was taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure after inhaling some smoke.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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When dust is inhaled, the particles can collect in your lungs and lead to respiratory issues.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In a state of unimaginable desperation, Islam and his family would also turn to water, gulping it in desperate attempts to fill their stomachs.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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But being exposed to an ambient, low-level dose of germs is very different from gulping down a concentrated slug of them.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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