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Recent Examples of claw
Matthieu Pavon Matthieu Pavon tried to claw his way back into the tournament after an opening-round 76, following it with an even par 71 in the second round.
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Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Horizontal ones are for those who tend to enter a room and immediately claw the carpet.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Still, the Yankees were able to claw their way back late after going silent for seven innings against Woo.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
When the dads tried to claw away the sand, the hole collapsed.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
Horizontal ones are for those who tend to enter a room and immediately claw the carpet.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Still, the Yankees were able to claw their way back late after going silent for seven innings against Woo.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
When the dads tried to claw away the sand, the hole collapsed.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
Verb
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His problem with burrowing under the city is the environmental impact.—
Keith Sharon,
The Tennessean,
27 July 2025
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The long saltwater clams, resembling old-fashioned razors, normally burrow into sand to avoid predators.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
Verb
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McQuarrie peppers snippets of the earlier films throughout, resurfacing not just moments of high-octane action but also lacerating losses.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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This is another trait of Mr. McNally’s: lacerating self-analysis, paired with knowing humor.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Verb
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If you are headed out to shovel a path out of your home, whether that be today or tomorrow, the American Heart Association encourages Hoosiers to protect their hearts while shoveling.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Chamber executives, meanwhile, are quick to point out that metro cities will often shovel unfavorable or controversial developments toward Chinatown districts, away from more affluent or suburban neighborhoods.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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The farm is closed on Monday, but is open every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum Sunflowers are available to visitors to cut for themselves in August at Big Shoal Farm, located at the Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum, 4109 NE Pleasant Valley Road in Gladstone.—
Joseph Hernandez
August 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Aug. 2025
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The clubs were only half-listening, though, and having cut the top division from 22 teams to 20, decided to stop there.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The lake was fully dredged in 1946 and partially dredged in 1970.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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Like broccoli dredged in eggs and breadcrumbs then fried in olive oil.—
Irv Erdos,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Verb
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An arrest affidavit detailed that Singleton was left bleeding and severely bruised after the fight.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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According to the center's Instagram post, the whale had external superficial cuts, with bruising present in the blubber and muscle in the areas of trauma on the dorsal side.—
Sara Chernikoff,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Hard-line opposition figures contend that the threats to Maduro’s regime have so far lacked sufficient menace and credibility to scare Maduro’s supporters out of their money-grubbing sloth.—
Ivan Briscoe,
Foreign Affairs,
11 May 2020
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But there’s something dingy and gross, like mottled drifts of old snow, about the overweening influence of Trump’s courtiers and their grubbing relationship with a president so obviously enamored of money and flattery.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Archaeologists in Turkey recently excavated the ruins of a millennia-old city, revealing a fifth-century Christian church with a message that hasn't been seen in over 1,000 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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How will Nashville's geology impact construction of the Music City Loop? To cut through the limestone and hard rock beneath Nashville, The Boring Company will use Prufrock tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which rely on rotating disc cutters and high thrust to excavate solid formations.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
31 July 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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