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Recent Examples of maw
There was a pterosaur found preserved in its stomach and there were iguanodon remains found in the maw of a Baryonyx, another large carnivore belonging to the same lineage as the Spinosaurus.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Bushels of shrimp and what seemed like barrels of seawater and half-digested food spewed up from the maw of the shark.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
The internet is a hungry maw that can never be fully satiated.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
After an emphasis on feeding the streaming content maw, the studio began, once again, focusing on the theatrical experience and shifting away from original features for its streaming services.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Bushels of shrimp and what seemed like barrels of seawater and half-digested food spewed up from the maw of the shark.
—Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
The internet is a hungry maw that can never be fully satiated.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
After an emphasis on feeding the streaming content maw, the studio began, once again, focusing on the theatrical experience and shifting away from original features for its streaming services.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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Baby and Kids' Toys Babies put everything in their mouths, and the dishwasher is a perfect way to keep teething rings and pacifiers clean.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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Mistora, the mysterious cocktail bar that opened last year in Atlanta’s Piedmont Heights neighborhood, put a bad taste in my mouth before the first dish even touched my table.—
Henri Hollis,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The crocodile was seen swimming with the dead canine clamped between its jaws on Monday, per WESH.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hahn and Jeff Glaid, the WGFD biologist who conducted the study, told a room full of anglers in 2024 that if regulations didn’t change, and hooking injuries to fish — like bottom jaws torn off and severe scarring — continued, the department would have to start restocking in earnest.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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He’s gone from champagne to something like vinegar forced down his gullet.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2025
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Cut away lungs, reaching up into the neck as far as possible to sever gullet and windpipe.—
Maurice H. Decker,
Outdoor Life,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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