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Bob hitches a ride to New York in the rear of a station wagon, the driver unknown, the small talk between them nonexistent, and is dropped off at the open maw of a tunnel.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Unbearably taut, the 40-second sequence of people shrieking in suffering as they're pulled into Jean Jacket's maw proves that gore-free horror is equally, if not more, scarring.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
But according to a study recently published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians, these gaping maws can expand bigger than experts once believed.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
There was just a big fat gaping maw from which emerged Kim Richards, TMC Faye Resnick, Camille Donatacci Grammer, and Teddi Mellencamp.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Unbearably taut, the 40-second sequence of people shrieking in suffering as they're pulled into Jean Jacket's maw proves that gore-free horror is equally, if not more, scarring.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
But according to a study recently published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians, these gaping maws can expand bigger than experts once believed.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024
There was just a big fat gaping maw from which emerged Kim Richards, TMC Faye Resnick, Camille Donatacci Grammer, and Teddi Mellencamp.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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