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
The idea that AI is already gobbling up lots of jobs seems believable because it feels like a suspicion confirmed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 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
