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Recent Examples of claw
Before that, the Padres scratched and clawed their way to a lead.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
It’s designed to help the Corvette settle into corners, using regenerative braking, and claw out again with supernatural force.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
The Sparks scored the first five points of the second period and clawed to within two on three occasions.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Now — a new moment emerges, as the Florida Panthers claw their way into this legendary lineage.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
It’s designed to help the Corvette settle into corners, using regenerative braking, and claw out again with supernatural force.
—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
The Sparks scored the first five points of the second period and clawed to within two on three occasions.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Now — a new moment emerges, as the Florida Panthers claw their way into this legendary lineage.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
Verb
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In addition to birds, other wildlife like rabbits and deer can wander onto runways or damage equipment by foraging, burrowing, nesting, or relieving themselves.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 July 2025
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Among that group of Owls attempting to burrow into this next, NBA level are Goldin, Alijah Martin and Johnell Davis.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Elder told the outlet those who sought medical attention at UMC had injuries ranging from severe head injuries and lacerated spleens to bullet grazes and multiple broken bones.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
5 Jan. 2025
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Deputies found her body only partially clothed and had two black eyes, swollen and lacerated lips and other facial injuries.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in just 10 minutes.—
Logan Holland,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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Carlyle shovels her walk and goes home, and the next day learns that Elizabeth Reuben committed suicide by leaving the gas on the night before.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Verb
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The chances the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in December are growing, according to Oxford Economics.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Every first without him will cut especially deep, but there will also be comfort to be gained from being back together at Kirkby.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Bastianich’s tips include picking a firm, fresh eggplant, cutting it in thick slices, dredging them in flour and panfrying before draining, cooling, rolling, nestling in the sauce and baking until bubbly.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2025
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County crews have since dredged nearby canals with hopes of preventing a similar disaster.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Handle the cherries gently and use multiple harvesting containers to avoid piling the fruit so high that their skins get bruised.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Buxton bruised, not broken As expected, Byron Buxton was out of the lineup for Thursday’s 8-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs after a 97.7 mph fastball hit his hand Wednesday.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Hard-line opposition figures contend that the threats to Maduro’s regime have so far lacked sufficient menace and credibility to scare Maduro’s supporters out of their money-grubbing sloth.—
Ivan Briscoe,
Foreign Affairs,
11 May 2020
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But there’s something dingy and gross, like mottled drifts of old snow, about the overweening influence of Trump’s courtiers and their grubbing relationship with a president so obviously enamored of money and flattery.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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From 2004 to 2009, a team excavated the Neumark-Nord 2 site year-round, even training over 175 international students in the process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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