Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clawed
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Colombia could have avoided the specter of a landlocked Leticia had dredged the smaller branch of the Amazon River that now flows past the town.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Foley said the most feasible solution may be making use of sand built up in the Prado Dam, which needs to be dredged by the Army Corps of Engineers.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
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Others have cut bills by a factor of five.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Their governments have chafed for years at the global dominance the US has enjoyed since the collapse of the Soviet Union.—
Ivan Watson,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Local officials have often chafed at the state’s willingness to impose itself on the city, whether on police control, guns and housing rules.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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Before turning on the water for the field, the foreman of Tibbitts’ farm fretted building a makeshift levee to keep the water from running too deep at the field’s lowest point.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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What's particularly telling is that while Cain fretted about the new movie's immigrant themes possibly hurting domestic box office, Superman has actually performed well domestically but struggled internationally.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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The fact that criminals would seek to take advantage of an old man’s lack of sophistication about the workings of the internet galled Tejasvi.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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His buddies just … barked at him in the weight room.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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As reporters walked by where Broadbelt’s body was found, a large black dog in a front yard barked loudly and ran along the fence.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Clawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clawed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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