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

One of these species is the endangered dusky gopher frog.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Altogether he was a beautiful gopher and in the prime of his life.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck