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Recent Examples of maw
There also would have been the practical difficulty of running the nation’s most populous state, a maw of endless crises and challenges, while at the same time pursuing the presidency.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 1 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
On the other side of the baby-shower divide, Demi, Jessi, Mikayla, and Layla sit outside and catch shrimps in their gaping maws.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 17 May 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 1 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
On the other side of the baby-shower divide, Demi, Jessi, Mikayla, and Layla sit outside and catch shrimps in their gaping maws.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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Sanders actually pantomimed his answers, moving his mouth with no words coming out and smiling throughout.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Bolding responds as his daughter takes a step back and puts a hand over her mouth.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In sum, researchers found the creature's skull, arm, leg and tail bones and a leg bone pressed against its jaws.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Joyin 5-Piece Poseable Skeletons With moveable jaws and flexible joints, these 16-inch-tall skeletons provide countless display options.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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