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Recent Examples of gnash
Last fall’s announcement that Amazon’s Prime Video platform would be teeing up four hours of exclusive coverage of the Masters was met with a predictable show of teeth-gnashing truculence, because how dare the Augusta brass entrust a new carveout to a digital interloper?
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
In response, traditionalists have gnashed their teeth and complained that the dark essence of the music has been lost.
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Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
With goat horns, gnashing teeth and a long tongue to taste one's sins, Krampus is nothing short of horrifying.
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Deena Prichep,
NPR,
8 Dec. 2025
The level of tension in this film reaches teeth-gnashing levels.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
In response, traditionalists have gnashed their teeth and complained that the dark essence of the music has been lost.
—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
31 Mar. 2026
With goat horns, gnashing teeth and a long tongue to taste one's sins, Krampus is nothing short of horrifying.
—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
8 Dec. 2025
The level of tension in this film reaches teeth-gnashing levels.
—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnash
Verb
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Showed toughness by gritting through ankle and knee injuries in the Final Four and title game.
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Then the coach known as the most impulsive man on an NFL sideline runs that stop sign, grits his teeth and breaks unbound into character.
Verb
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But this adjustable Oxo measuring cup will save you time that would otherwise be spent scraping every last bit of peanut butter from the measuring cup.
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Colombia needed a 76th-minute goal from Crystal Palace standout Daniel Muñoz to scrape past the DRC, but that goal pushed the team into first place in the group.
Verb
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In April, when Rojas got news that his father had been rushed to the hospital, Roberts quickly took the decision on whether to play out of Rojas’ hands, scratching him from the lineup.
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New York scratched across two more runs in the 10th, taking advantage of another throwing error by Abreu after Rosario's sinking liner squirted out of his glove for an RBI single.
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“Gnash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnash. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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