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Recent Examples of maw
So, the lumbering maw that is our leader is likely to gobble it up.
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Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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With 30 seconds left in the third quarter, Highlands Ranch up 34-28, Jarocki cupped a hand to her mouth.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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No one can resist the soft, minty, melt-in-your-mouth flavor of homemade butter mints.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Death’s endless pursuit, her exhausted legs running away from his jaws.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The shift away from prolonged breast-feeding and toward mushy baby food has led to smaller jaws with less room for the tongue.—
Gilad Edelman,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 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 21 Mar. 2026.
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