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

“Possibly two of the three, Nell,” Aunt Kitty called from the back room, her arms in the wardrobe again and digging so quickly that she seemed like some sort of high-strung gopher.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan