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Recent Examples of claw
Team Europe Captain Noah would roll out Mensik in the next match to try and claw a bit closer to Team World.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Minnesota had trailed by 17 points in the third quarter but, through a combination of tough shot-making and spirited defense, was able to claw its way back into the game.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The deal turns into a hold-up in the casino parking lot, to which Vince reacts with the scrappy killer instincts of an animal forced to claw and gnash his way up from the bottom of the pile.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Mary will try to claw her way out of a shallow grave in the greenhouse courtesy of a clever Pepper’s ghost effect.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Minnesota had trailed by 17 points in the third quarter but, through a combination of tough shot-making and spirited defense, was able to claw its way back into the game.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
The deal turns into a hold-up in the casino parking lot, to which Vince reacts with the scrappy killer instincts of an animal forced to claw and gnash his way up from the bottom of the pile.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
Mary will try to claw her way out of a shallow grave in the greenhouse courtesy of a clever Pepper’s ghost effect.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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While some people toss covers off to cool down, others burrow deeper into their fluffy hole.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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First, the civil engineering company will need to safely burrow massive single-lane tunnels that are close to 10 miles long.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the fight, at least three students were hurt by Clarke and a mirror on the wall was cracked, punched by a student who lacerated his hand, deputies say.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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His desperate, lacerating Teddy is a character who has ruined his own life, who has martyred himself out of his devotion to The Truth.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
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Use a potato fork or shovel to loosen soil all around the clump, working at least 1 foot away from the main stem.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Oct. 2025
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Strong obliques stabilize your trunk during single-leg movements and help transfer force from your lower body to your upper body — essential in sports like tennis, baseball and golf, but just as important when raking leaves, shoveling snow or carrying groceries.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Vance said one portion of Democrats are making unreasonable demands to restore more than $1 trillion over the next decade in healthcare spending that was cut earlier this year.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Training, professional development, and the Safe Cities Partnership are among the areas cut.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Working with 1 ball at a time, dredge in flour mixture, gently rolling to coat; shake off excess flour.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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All that was left to do was promote it, in a way he hasn’t been asked to do in years, and to wait and see how millions of viewers react to a story dredged out of horror-story reimaginings into something aiming for plainspoken truth.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Skin around the bite may bruise or turn blueish, resulting in a bulls-eye look, according to the Cleveland Clinic.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trump, too, faced bruising results in the poll, with most respondents labeling his actions as authoritarian and damaging to the U.S. economy.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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Countless publications and companies, whether The Washington Post or Toast, have created tipping guides to help consumers wade through this morass of money grubbing.—
Tim Carman,
Washington Post,
26 June 2024
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These connections raise the possibility that people were following camels across the desert on winter migrations, says archaeologist and study co-author Ceri Shipton, who was excavating the site, known as Jebel Misma, when his team spotted a spectacular caravan of camel carvings on May 14, 2023.—
Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
30 Sep. 2025
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His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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