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Recent Examples of claw
Eaton is still clawing its way back from the DeepSeek selloff that started in late January.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2025
At a moment when the crypto industry is trying to claw its way back to respectability and legitimization, Trump has taken every opportunity to cement it in the minds of the Americans as nothing more than a vehicle for channeling money directly to him.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Bosco was saved from elimination by a golden chocolate bar in season 14 and clawed her way to the finale.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Leahy posted 2 1/3 innings of clutch relief, scattering two hits and striking out two as the St. Louis Cardinals clawed their way to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, extending their winning streak to an MLB-best nine games.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2025
At a moment when the crypto industry is trying to claw its way back to respectability and legitimization, Trump has taken every opportunity to cement it in the minds of the Americans as nothing more than a vehicle for channeling money directly to him.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Bosco was saved from elimination by a golden chocolate bar in season 14 and clawed her way to the finale.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Leahy posted 2 1/3 innings of clutch relief, scattering two hits and striking out two as the St. Louis Cardinals clawed their way to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, extending their winning streak to an MLB-best nine games.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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When an egg burrows into this tissue to start growing into a fetus, the blood vessels may bleed slightly.—
Lisa McCarty,
SELF,
21 May 2025
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Another theory suggests that extreme winter weather may have caused their deaths while hibernating, as frogs burrow into the mud but can succumb to particularly harsh freezes.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 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
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The accident broke both her legs, lacerated her liver, damaged her colon, severed an artery in her right leg, and collapsed her lung.—
Jordan Rau,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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After Hart shoveled the ball to Jalen Brunson, Andrew Nembhard stymied Brunson, causing the ball to go out of bounds and nearly forcing a turnover.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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He's also noticed that workers often shovel coal in bouts, working hard in teams of two or three, and then all taking breaks together.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
18 May 2025
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Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood How much do Americans rely on programs like Medicaid and Social Security?—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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During that same period, the company cut 3,000 jobs.—
Lindsay Owens,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Working with 1 fish fillet at a time, dredge fish in flour on all sides.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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The result is that deep within Jupiter's atmosphere, there are patches of ammonia that fell as mush balls from storms raging dozens of miles above – and that ammonia will stay buried down there until the next big storm dredges it up.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Authorities were called after hospital staff noticed bruising on Jose’s body, the complaint said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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With its mix of adrenaline, speed, and high probability of bruising your nether regions, BMX would seem a natural fit.—
Chris Haslam,
Wired News,
23 May 2025
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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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Photos show archaeologists carefully excavating the rectangular work, with parts of it covered under layers of dirt.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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Fred and Rose West were arrested in 1994, after police got a search warrant to excavate their property.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
14 May 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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