gopher

Example Sentences

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When the New England Patriots signed Mike Vrabel as a young linebacker in 2001, they sent a gopher from the team’s personnel department to scoop him up at the airport.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Five years ago, according to the report, the city was in the middle of the pack at 49th, only to sink steadily into a gopher hole.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

During the summers, I interned with the animation department as a gopher.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

The trust removed poison from the course’s maintenance shed, along with poison and gopher traps throughout the site, Garrison said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

As soon as the little green leaves came up a gopher or something wiped 'em out.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman