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Recent Examples of claw
As a child, watching other people with their families; as an adult in New York City, clawing for a foothold.
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Julie Buntin, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The team couldn't claw its way back from that early deficit, which also happened to be the first time Murray had thrown consecutive interceptions.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
And time is running out to spend down climate funds from the Inflation Reduction Act before the Trump administration can attempt to claw it back.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Teams have been desperately clawing for seeding with the playoffs shaping up and players and coaches have been leaving it all on the field.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Julie Buntin, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The team couldn't claw its way back from that early deficit, which also happened to be the first time Murray had thrown consecutive interceptions.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
And time is running out to spend down climate funds from the Inflation Reduction Act before the Trump administration can attempt to claw it back.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
Teams have been desperately clawing for seeding with the playoffs shaping up and players and coaches have been leaving it all on the field.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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Female turtles need dry areas to lay eggs and vegetation to burrow and hide.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Chipmunks hide under shrub or tree roots, in rock walls, or may burrow beneath the steps to your deck or under the foundation of your house or shed, says Owen.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Jan. 2025
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Brzezinski and Scarborough’s criticism of the president’s day-one actions comes a little over two months after the talk show couple were lacerated by liberals for privately visiting then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate back in November.—
Harrison Chon-Walker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Migrant children have been lacerated by the fences, needing stitches in some cases, USA TODAY has reported.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
4 Jan. 2024
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Sanitation workers shoveled sand and snow through half the night.—
Joe Edwards,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Mashburn shoveled out Watson’s truck, then scraped the windshield and other windows.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2025
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Giants starter Jason Pinnock was cut while playing under Manuel for the Jets in 2021.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Though Trump promised to bring down interest rates on the campaign trail, the president does not directly impact monetary policy, and the Fed many not cut interest rates again for a few months.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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The marinated chicken then gets dredged into a flour mixture including spices like garlic and onion powder, paprika, seasoned salt, and cayenne pepper before getting deep fried.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
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Here's what the report shared about the latest on these efforts: Dredging of Bender Park boat launch: For the fourth time since 2013, County Parks plans to dredge the park's boat launch of sediment that has accumulated over time and now poses a risk to boats navigating the area.—
Maia Pandey,
Journal Sentinel,
26 Sep. 2024
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The former Democratic congresswoman and onetime Democratic presidential candidate has stirred up waves of controversy from across the political spectrum and is expected to face a bruising confirmation battle.—
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The University of San Francisco’s shooters responded by bruising the rim.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
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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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The grubbing and wheedling correspondence of Prince Andrew and Fergie as told by Craig Brown Air Supply The Constant Gardener Spring is in the air, and AIR SUPPLY’s latest collection is ripe for the picking.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
23 Mar. 2024
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Interview 'Telling the Story of Addiction Doesn’t Always Save You from the Experience Of It': An Interview With Leslie Jamison Chantal Braganza The author of The Recovering on archival addiction narratives, excavating how things get better, and sugar.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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The site extends 150 meters (around 500 feet) and includes approximately 200 giant footprints, according to the BBC — though the outlet notes that the tracks could extend even further into areas that have not yet been excavated.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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