gobbling
Example Sentences
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AI firms' growing pursuit of computing capacity is driving demand for energy to power data centres, as well as gobbling up rare raw materials for many of the high-end chips required.
From Barron's • May 29, 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
Now the redwoods are regrowing, “gorgeous” and gobbling carbon, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
During the peak of the pandemic, celebrities as well as lower-profile people of means were gobbling up Hidden Hills homes like hotcakes.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
Many people gobbled it up, much as they were gobbling up the novels of Charles Dickens.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
