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Recent Examples of gobble
Consciously or not, Orsolya has played an active role in such urban growth; her job is to evict people from the lots that have been gobbled up by the government and/or greedy real estate developers who want to turn them into condos, chain stores, and luxury hotels.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
Santa Clara is the busiest city in California for data center activity, with more than 50 server farms gobbling up 60% of energy from the utility.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Yet wireless companies and researchers today still set their sights on a marketplace where consumer demand will gobble up as much bandwidth as can be provided by their mobile networks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
And a lot of wings will be eaten this weekend
The American Chicken Council projects that Americans will gobble up 1.47 billion wings during Super Bowl weekend, 20 million more than last year.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
Santa Clara is the busiest city in California for data center activity, with more than 50 server farms gobbling up 60% of energy from the utility.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Yet wireless companies and researchers today still set their sights on a marketplace where consumer demand will gobble up as much bandwidth as can be provided by their mobile networks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025
And a lot of wings will be eaten this weekend
The American Chicken Council projects that Americans will gobble up 1.47 billion wings during Super Bowl weekend, 20 million more than last year.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobble
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Later, India had another line drive that was devoured by Kauffman Stadium’s dimensions.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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The old economy still holds sway in a few places — legacy media companies that didn’t get devoured by the internet, film studios that remain flush with cash.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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This is because the spores often become airborne, where they can be inhaled by people and animals.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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This experimental setup allowed the researchers to manipulate the seals’ inhaled oxygen and CO2 levels while monitoring their diving behavior.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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Slurp your bev up like a straw or tip the bottle back to gulp it down.—
Louryn Strampe,
WIRED,
22 Mar. 2025
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That would have been like the Celtics willingly trading, gulp, Paul Pierce to the Heat at one point.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Gobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobble. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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