gobbling
Example Sentences
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AI firms' growing pursuit of computing capacity is driving demand for energy to power data centres, as well as gobbling up rare raw materials for many of the high-end chips required.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The marauding monkeys brazenly snatch ice cream, cakes and crisps from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers from bins or food directly offered to them.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
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
Vonetta and Fern hollered, “YAY!” and Big Ma told them to stop gobbling like wild turkeys at a Thanksgiving turkey shoot.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
