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One way to do that is to stop giving away gobs of stock as compensation, especially now that hiring is becoming less difficult.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

They’ve spent gobs of money building a two-time defending champion, and those bucks have got to come from somewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The sector’s shrinkage reflects years of yo-yo profitability and of returning gobs of cash to shareholders because companies lacked good reinvestment opportunities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

No eyebrows raised, no jaws dropped, no gobs smacked.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Without any shame he would faithfully apply my mother’s sundry ointments each morning and each night, slowly working into his scalp the brightly tinted gobs without romance or fuss.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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