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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

They allege Lucky Strike uses a monopoly scheme to gobble up mom-and-pop bowling alleys and transform them into a “mousetrap” model, luring people in just to upcharge them on shoe rentals and concessions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The sprawling, power-hungry sites, used to store critical IT infrastructure like servers, are being built worldwide by companies and countries as AI applications gobble ever greater computing power.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

They gobble and fly off, miraculously missing limbs and trunks as they zip through the forest.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

The idea is to ensure XTX can keep training its models cheaply even as the AI boom gobbles up ever more data-center capacity worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

The stock has soared as it expands its nearly 3,000-location footprint, gobbles up market share, and delivers some of the most consistent performance in retail.

From Barron's Dec. 4, 2025

Around mid-morning, Wolf startled a clutch of willow grouse, who shot skywards with indignant gobbles.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

Germany’s export-reliant economy was hit hard by the rise of China as a manufacturing superpower, which has gobbled up market share from Germany’s flagship automotive and engineering sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

On the remote east side of Mono Lake, he said the animals gobbled down grass, roots and all, depriving certain birds of the worms that live in the vegetation — their sustenance.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 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

Josiah’s gone to the computer lab because he gobbled his food down by the time we got back to St. Francis.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

CIOs are using dashboards that track usage, hiring outside experts for help, implementing token caps and more to reduce costs from AI agents gobbling up computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

But he learned how to make pizza, and how much customers loved gobbling it up, while working at different gas station mini-marts around rural Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

For low-cost carriers, gobbling up routes once served by Spirit is an opportunity to expand at a time when the high-profile implosion has raised questions around the budget business model.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Illyrio was reclining on a padded couch, gobbling hot peppers and pearl onions from a wooden bowl.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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