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Recent Examples of gnashing
Beyond this, however, there was a fair amount of teeth gnashing about the fact that the United States faces a serious threat from China, which appears to be on course to put humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnashing
Verb
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Some of those models make the curve tighter, bringing Bermuda into the path, and others give the storm a broader turn, potentially scraping as far as Puerto Rico.—
Alex Harris
Updated September 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Authors are suing tech firms for scraping their books.—
Don Markland,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Of all the head-scratching mysteries in California, none is more aggravating than the state’s high-speed rail project.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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In terms of humans actually reproducing in space, however, scientists may just be scratching the surface as studies of pregnancy in space are limited to animals — and also potentially more limited to men, as fewer women have traveled to space.—
Jessica Rendall,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Gnashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnashing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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