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Recent Examples of claw
Doomed to play without their superstar, JuJu Watkins, the Trojans still managed to scratch and claw their way to a 17-12 record and a certain spot in the NCAA tournament.
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Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The move comes as the district works to claw itself out of a budget crisis that puts it at high risk of fiscal insolvency by the end of the year.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
However, the Trojans would claw their way back into contention late.
—Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
The titular character, played by Chalamet, is a scrappy kid trying to claw his way out of the shtetl of the Lower East Side through his Ping-Pong prowess and charismatic hucksterism.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
The move comes as the district works to claw itself out of a budget crisis that puts it at high risk of fiscal insolvency by the end of the year.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
However, the Trojans would claw their way back into contention late.
—Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
The titular character, played by Chalamet, is a scrappy kid trying to claw his way out of the shtetl of the Lower East Side through his Ping-Pong prowess and charismatic hucksterism.
—Jack Denton, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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An elderly prisoner named the Abbé Faria, hoping to burrow through the bricks and mortar to the outside, has miscalculated and tunneled into the adjoining cell.—
Michael Dirda,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Artworks burrow into the architecture.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
19 Mar. 2026
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The results are melodramatic and violent: Stroheim’s lacerating approach to the subject turns its champagne fantasy into bracing and eye-opening bitters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Su said in their first year, a team of 15 people volunteered their time to shovel 44 sidewalks, driveways and paths.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Lewis, of Madison, shovels snow during a blizzard, March 16, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin.—
Kathryn Prociv,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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The fear, Webster said, can make young athletes avoid sport-specific movements like cutting or jumping even after physical clearance.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Worries have gotten so high that traders have canceled nearly all their bets that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year, according to data from CME Group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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The company also dredged the Batiquitos Lagoon at the border of Carlsbad and Encinitas in the winter of 2023 to maintain a restoration completed there in the mid-1990s.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Pound the chicken cutlets lightly to an even thickness before dredging to ensure uniform cooking and prevent dry edges.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Kings played without Russell Westbrook (quad bruise).—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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To extract their minty flavor, bruise the leaves, then steep the mint sprigs in hot water (for the cake layers) and cook them in butter (for the frosting).—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Despite his esoteric interests, Machen grubbed up a career as a popular and prolific author.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
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Where Fennell’s film departs from its source—reimagining rather than excavating—Powell’s novel goes the other direction, pushing deeper into Brontë’s life and work to find what might explain them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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Crews uncovered the marble slab while excavating the site of the Mentor, a brig owned by Thomas Bruce, the British soldier and diplomat known as Lord Elgin, according to Greece's Ministry of Culture and BBC News, a CBS News partner.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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