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Recent Examples of maw
According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Journalists, screenwriters, even novelists and poets, could now be replaced by the maw of ineffable code.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.
—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
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
Journalists, screenwriters, even novelists and poets, could now be replaced by the maw of ineffable code.
—Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants.
—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
See All Example Sentences for maw
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maw
Noun
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The finish is warming and tickles the back of the mouth with a lingering thread of saffron spice.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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According to the aquarium, the whale had fishing rope caught in its mouth and trailing behind its body.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Noun
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With its distinctive, hornlike snout and protrudable jaws, the pink-skinned living fossil is the only surviving representative of a family lineage that dates back nearly 125 million years.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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Encumbered by antlers up to four feet tall and forty pounds in weight, a bull raises its immense jaws, antlers tilted toward his spine, and races through the woods until reaching safer ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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There will undoubtedly be a sense of confusion about what Harry and Meghan are there for … this trip may stick in the gullet of the palace.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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