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Recent Examples of maw
Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2026
So, the lumbering maw that is our leader is likely to gobble it up.
—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
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2026
So, the lumbering maw that is our leader is likely to gobble it up.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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Virtuous women did not open their mouths in paintings.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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People who had cancers of the mouth or throat faced the highest risk, with nearly 29% developing a new cancer later on, followed by about 27% for breast cancer survivors.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Then again, this is a man who has sustained 14 broken hands, a plate in his wrist, two broken jaws and reconstructive surgery on his face.—
Brian Martin,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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Quiet weeping, dropped jaws, fervent applause and the occasional attendee literally vibrating with excitement.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 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 20 Apr. 2026.
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