gritting

present participle of grit
as in scraping
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain

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  • Process until just smooth, 20 to 30 seconds, scraping down sides of blender as needed.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There are 616 McDonald's restaurants in Ohio, according to the web scraping tool ScrapeHero.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Another aspect to note is that most of the beef coming from Argentina would fall in the lean grinding beef category.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That hypnotizing aroma may be one thing, but there is actually a science to grinding coffee.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Gritting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritting. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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