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Recent Examples of pawAfter finally being awakened by the cat’s repeated pawing around 4 a.m., officials said, the occupants recognized that a fire had started.—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 While not always painful, the condition can be irritating for dogs and puts them at risk of injury or infection from pawing at the eye.—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 14 July 2024 Later that night, Cottrill texted me footage of a black bear pawing through her trash before bounding off with a cardboard pizza box.—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024 The black bear captured on video wandering into a concessions stand at an amusement park in Tennessee and pawing a park employee has been euthanized, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) said Monday.—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for paw
Instead, some pundits finger Neptune’s inner heat as the power source.
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Nov. 2024
In fact, Tekle’s research into the countless crimes against humanity amid the conflict fingered belligerents on all sides, finding the separatists and federal Ethiopian government mutually culpable for systematic murders and rapes of civilians.
Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship’s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses.
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug. 2024
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The round texture with supple tannins, like ribbons of silk caressing the palate, is impressive, with fresh tobacco notes that balance the generous fruit.
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
Oliva also posted a photo of Nodal in a hospital bed with his eyes closed and a woman’s hand, presumably his wife Ángela Aguilar, caressing his head.
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