gobbling

Example Sentences

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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

AI companies are gobbling up capacity at suppliers where Apple has long been the biggest buyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Mr Clothier explains: "The methanogenic bacteria are gobbling up all the solids and generating loads of lovely methane, which we then catch in the hoods over the top."

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

To the Soviet Union, which had been left out of the Munich Agreement, the rate at which Germany was gobbling up European territory was seriously alarming.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein