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Most directors, by peering into a gas chamber or the maw of an oven, mean to remind us, as the actor-director Roberto Benigni once obscenely put it, that Life Is Beautiful.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
The scientists debut as heroes, saving Carol and Ash from their certain death at the maws of the marsh walkers.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Back in 2012, some years before her husband, Donald Trump, was elected President of the United States, Melania Trump tweeted a picture of a beluga whale, its glistening white head emerging from the water, its toothy maw open in a half grin.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
On the way inside, a life-size mimic—with its menacing and toothy maw—is noticeable from across the room.
—Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
The scientists debut as heroes, saving Carol and Ash from their certain death at the maws of the marsh walkers.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Back in 2012, some years before her husband, Donald Trump, was elected President of the United States, Melania Trump tweeted a picture of a beluga whale, its glistening white head emerging from the water, its toothy maw open in a half grin.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
On the way inside, a life-size mimic—with its menacing and toothy maw—is noticeable from across the room.
—Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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