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Recent Examples of claw
Before that, the Padres scratched and clawed their way to a lead.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
It’s designed to help the Corvette settle into corners, using regenerative braking, and claw out again with supernatural force.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
The Sparks scored the first five points of the second period and clawed to within two on three occasions.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Now — a new moment emerges, as the Florida Panthers claw their way into this legendary lineage.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
It’s designed to help the Corvette settle into corners, using regenerative braking, and claw out again with supernatural force.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
The Sparks scored the first five points of the second period and clawed to within two on three occasions.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Now — a new moment emerges, as the Florida Panthers claw their way into this legendary lineage.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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Although breeds accustomed to cold, harsh climates also burrow to protect themselves from harsh elements.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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But while most worms burrow deep into soil and poop out nutrients across the layers, Asian jumping worms stay close to the surface.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
16 July 2025
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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
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The episode ends with the buzz of the alarm at 6:45 a.m., as Jess shovels cold pho into her mouth in preparation for another exhausted workday.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Some concerns, such as the amount of sidewalk that has to be shoveled on corner lots, don't translate into anyone being against sidewalks, per se, city officials said.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith and the duo of Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery were among the acts who cut her songs.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 July 2025
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The National Endowment for the Humanities cut the grant this spring.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.—
Bob Morris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Fire Chief Dan Besson of the Leland Township Fire and Rescue confirmed that the mouth of the harbor is dredged by the township every year, but did not know if the dredging is what caused O'Brien to get stuck.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Handle the cherries gently and use multiple harvesting containers to avoid piling the fruit so high that their skins get bruised.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Buxton bruised, not broken As expected, Byron Buxton was out of the lineup for Thursday’s 8-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs after a 97.7 mph fastball hit his hand Wednesday.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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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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From 2004 to 2009, a team excavated the Neumark-Nord 2 site year-round, even training over 175 international students in the process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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