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Recent Examples of gnashedIn response, traditionalists have gnashed their teeth and complained that the dark essence of the music has been lost.—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026 In 2022, when the scandal of the Long Island congressman George Santos’s made‑up résumé came to light, press experts gnashed their teeth about The New York Times having missed the story.—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Firecrawl has started working with partners including Wikipedia on this, with the idea that information sources providing real value to AI systems should be compensated for it, rather than scraped silently.
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Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Public photos, captions and comments can get scraped, saved and connected to other personal details already online.