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gobble

verb as in eat hurriedly

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Drawing less attention is “Cubazuela’s” continuing effort to gobble up its smaller neighbors by teaching local communists how to destroy independent institutions, first slowly and then all at once.

The camera gobbled costly film stock at twice the speed of conventional analog cameras.

The artificial intelligence platforms created by Musk and his compatriots gobbled up ever greater shares of US gross domestic product, energy output and potable water.

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But the crowd marveled at my outfit, lined up for warm drinks and gobbled up the treats.

For decades, Cuban elites and wealthy Americans had been exploiting the island, gobbling up the richest sugar farms, the most profitable utilities and casinos.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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