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Recent Examples of maw
Throughout the night and into the next morning, the story ran through the maw of cable news and social media, following the same patterns as the story of Good’s killing earlier in the week.
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James Ross Gardner, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
This meant that world leaders, those who happened to be opposed to the maw of the Western war machine, were now ripe for the taking.
—Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The footage shows the fish start to swim faster and more erratically when a large whale suddenly breaks through the school of fish with its gaping maw.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Pennywise catches up to her and opens his gaping maw wide, but at the last moment, he’s thwarted by Taniel’s dagger, which had conveniently fallen right in front of the spot where Lilly is standing.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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James Ross Gardner, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
This meant that world leaders, those who happened to be opposed to the maw of the Western war machine, were now ripe for the taking.
—Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The footage shows the fish start to swim faster and more erratically when a large whale suddenly breaks through the school of fish with its gaping maw.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Pennywise catches up to her and opens his gaping maw wide, but at the last moment, he’s thwarted by Taniel’s dagger, which had conveniently fallen right in front of the spot where Lilly is standing.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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Manscaped’s ‘Hair Ballad’ Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Then, while breathing through your mouth, allow the solution to flow in and drain out the opposite nostril before repeating on the other side.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Our comparatively small jaws opened the floodgates to all sorts of other issues, Ungar adds, including the sleep apnea epidemic, which occurs when our tongues don’t have enough room to wiggle around in our mouths.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
4 Feb. 2026
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Its gift shop and offices are destroyed and the trademark jaws entrance is damaged (and later restored).—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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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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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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