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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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Charlamagne is the mouth, Dollie is the muscle — the one who makes sure ideas turn into institutions.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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The picture shows the poster holding the feline’s mouth open with their hands to get a clear shot of his gums, which, in the clip, appear covered in small brown spots, both on the upper and lower parts.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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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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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What excites me, after a decade and change of writing virtually the same review for every superhero film that was shoved down our gullets, is my suspicion that these movies will at least have the potential to suck in different and sometimes wildly unexpected ways.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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