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Recent Examples of claw
Orr's own story is based in real life, telling the story of Elisabeth Bergner, who hired a fan as an assistant and watched her try to claw her way into besting Bergner in every area of her life and career.
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Benny Emmanuel stars as Vgly, a young rapper trying to claw his way to prominence while feuding with foes through beats and rhymes.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Getting Lamb and Booker back on the field will be extremely important as the Cowboys look to claw their way back into playoff contention.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
And nature can claw its territory back.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
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Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Benny Emmanuel stars as Vgly, a young rapper trying to claw his way to prominence while feuding with foes through beats and rhymes.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Getting Lamb and Booker back on the field will be extremely important as the Cowboys look to claw their way back into playoff contention.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
And nature can claw its territory back.
—Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for claw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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Mulching around fruit trees is important to insulate the trees against the cold, but rake mulch back one foot away from the stem so mice can’t burrow or hide in it at the base of the tree.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Nov. 2025
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The invasive beetles from Asia would burrow through bark, the females laying eggs in crevices.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, and Gordon Behind Bars) in which cooks and waiters endure lacerating abuse by the chef, who is ostensibly there to help a restaurant improve its operations (but really to provide entertainment via humiliation).—
Laurie Woolever,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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This will improve your ability to perform daily tasks like reaching the back seat of your car to grab an object, shoveling snow, or raking leaves.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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An emergency order by the FAA on Thursday said airlines have to cut traffic by 4%, resulting in about 800 flight cancellations for Friday that increased to over 1,000 throughout the day, according to FlightAware.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Southwest Airlines cut about 120 flights Friday.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge chicken lightly in flour mixture, shaking off excess.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Other fresh fish were lightly dredged in flour, fried, baked, and then garnished with parsley and black walnuts.—
Victoria Flexner,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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Take two mint crowns, lightly bruise them with your fingers, and stick them against the inside close to the straw.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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When digging, be careful not to cut through the tubers or bruise the spuds with rough handling.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 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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So much of the story takes place firmly in and on the ground, whether its characters are grubbing around the countryside or descending six feet under.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2024
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Back in 1915, Phys reported, a team excavated Margaret Island in Budapest and discovered the remains of a young man in a Dominican monastery.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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The team excavated several key places on the site, studied cores of soil and conducted an additional LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, survey of the area.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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