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gobbled (up)

verb

past tense of gobble (up)

as in turned over

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The group said the man’s daughter provided documents confirming his death, which have been turned over to the district attorney.

— Lekan Oyekanmi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
The digital records of Masterson’s emails that WSU turned over were heavily redacted.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

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Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.

— Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026

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