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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullets
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Other players have covered their mouths while speaking to opponents during the World Cup, but a red card is only issued if the conversation occurs during a confrontation or heated exchange.
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What righty Cade Cavalli shouted at Willson Contreras drifted into the Boston night, fading just beyond the field’s ears and scarcely repeated by the mouths of those who heard.
Noun
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Their lips, jaws, and the interior of their maws are—in terms of rigidity—akin to a ceramic dinner plate.
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Feeding black holes also usually emit copious ultraviolet radiation from the white-hot disks of material that pile up around their insatiable maws.
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In an interview with Mental Floss, competitive eater Yasir Salem discusses how speed eaters will chew gum to strengthen their jaws to avoid fatigue during competitions.
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The front treble hook was embedded in the pike’s jaws but was no longer attached to the body of the plug.
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“Gullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullets. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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