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gobble

[gob-uhl] / ˈgɒb əl /


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Balds — fish lovers themselves — can consume hooks and sinkers when they gobble down their prey, potentially poisoning them, Koh said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

But I think that people read that as he wants to gobble up every pie he sees.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

Jackrabbits or other critters that need the water encased in the plant often gobble them up.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

Power plants that had been slated for closure have been pressed into longer service while new ones come online as tech giants gobble up gigawatts of capacity.

From Barron's Oct. 16, 2025

Then there's a fish course that smells like something died, yet all those fine gentlemen and ladies gobble it up.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Broadcasters are struggling as Americans cut the cable cord and social media gobbles up local advertising dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The answer, for that sample, was: mostly Desmodesmus, a green algae that gobbles up phosphorus and nitrogen.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, the consumer-electronics world faces an acute memory-chip shortage, as AI-infrastructure demand gobbles up semiconductor supplies and thus threatens to drive up the price of things like smartphones and laptops.

From MarketWatch Apr. 25, 2026

Market research firms like IDC and Counterpoint Research have indicated that the weakness is in the Android market, while Apple gobbles up market share amid a memory chip shortage.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

She loves it when there’s a bug under a piece of junk—she pounces on it and gobbles it right up.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

I wrote a daily newsletter about energy policy at the time, and, in my efforts to be at the forefront of the news, I gobbled up those nuggets as well.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

“Anything that is available in the United States is gobbled up immediately,” Murphy said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

It also gobbled up nearly two-thirds of U.S. venture capital last year, with San Francisco Bay Area startups such as OpenAI leading the way, according to the business information platform Crunchbase.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Since the books became an international phenomenon, we’ve lined up for the resulting movies, gobbled up licensed merchandise, and bought tickets to its hit play and theme parks.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2026

Heather made toast in batches and handed me one of the first pieces, which I gobbled dry.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

They act as a giant blender, gobbling up mountains of data across the web, including state-controlled media.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The agriculture industry is warning that the AI-focused facilities are gobbling up farmland acreage, electricity and water needed to raise livestock and grow crops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Chinese car manufacturers are gobbling up European market share, especially in electric vehicles, and are rapidly expanding market share at the expense of the European automobile companies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

The marauding monkeys brazenly snatch ice cream, cakes and crisps from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers from bins or food directly offered to them.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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