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Recent Examples of paw
Sully can barely contain his excitement long enough for his owner to put a collar on him before pawing at the front door to get in the car.
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the clip, the puppy dashed toward his new little friend; at first the Chihuahua retreated, stuck his tongue out and paw up, and then bounded toward him.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Unusual pet behavior, such as excessive barking or pawing in a particular area of the house, is a sign that an unwelcome critter may have moved in.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
No birdsong, no lowing herd, no barking dog, no cackling barnyard fowl, no pawing horse.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the clip, the puppy dashed toward his new little friend; at first the Chihuahua retreated, stuck his tongue out and paw up, and then bounded toward him.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Unusual pet behavior, such as excessive barking or pawing in a particular area of the house, is a sign that an unwelcome critter may have moved in.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
No birdsong, no lowing herd, no barking dog, no cackling barnyard fowl, no pawing horse.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paw
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Combs had falsely fingered Garcia to Williams as someone who had taken his money in a drug deal gone bad.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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So plausible, in fact, that many pundits fingered each for the win at the beginning of the season.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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In 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Ralph Fiennes' Dr. Ian Kelson literally lip syncs for his life.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jan. 2026
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Juicy sobs into Athena’s arms, and Kenya freaks out about potentially having to lip sync against Juicy.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
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After Landfair climbed into Kelly’s lap and rubbed his head — following the precise instructions Sparkle had given her — Kelly eagerly accepted her innocent request.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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But this one in particular rubbed him the wrong way.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The clip captured Bugay kissing Martinez and accepting the proposal while standing on the bridge.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Stunned, Naim pulls away before grabbing Ryan’s head to kiss him back.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Around her, dozens of community members lingered along the street with coffee handed out by volunteers, hugging old friends, calling out familiar names and answering a steady chorus of car horns with cheers and applause as students made their way toward campus, backpacks slung over their shoulders.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The girls stayed with their grandparents in the smallest of ten bahay kubo, traditional bamboo-stilt homes, that hugged a bend of the San Juan and were overgrown with mango and jam fruit trees.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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And Jim Carrey bit Jeffrey’s Who nose off!—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
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It’s been enough for the cheapest stocks (S & P 500 Pure Value) to nose ahead of Pure Growth for 2025 to date.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
11 Dec. 2025
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She was later reunited with her dog, stroking him in stunned silence before being taken to the hospital.—
Danielle Bacher,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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Influenced by her Indian heritage, Japanese craft philosophy, and the traditions of Shetland knitting, her work is highly distinctive and also wholly wearable; David and I stroked scarves, asymmetric wraps, and sweaters with yearning.—
Sarah Moss,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The actor followed her around at several events related to the wedding, eventually caressing the back of her arm and pressing his knee against hers under the table.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Paw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paw. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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