as in devours
to swallow or eat greedily
gobbled the sandwiches like they hadn't eaten for days
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Recent Examples of gobbles
And whenever one company gobbles up another, the predator tends to affect the prey.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
News to Know Scheffler gobbles up another win What’s left to say about Scottie Scheffler these days?
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
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Megan, who devours at least one hockey romance a week (and asked to be identified by only her first name), says that a series Bowen co-wrote with Elle Kennedy was her gateway into the genre.—
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Gratitude requires perspective, but perpetual outrage devours perspective.—
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What's more, while virtually all VTOLs being developed these days are electric, the Janus-1 is powered by a turboshaft engine that gulps n' burns diesel, kerosene or Jet A fuel.—
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“Gobbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobbles. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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