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Recent Examples of claw
Y’all are going to have to scrap and claw your way into Libra Season, because this week will not be easy.
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Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
The artist also cited childhood trauma as a reason for why being crowded and clawed at was even more difficult to weather.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
But Minnesota clawed its way back into the game through two field goals from Will Reichard and a 36-yard fumble return touchdown from Ivan Pace Jr.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Each team has specific goals, and within those teams are sub-teams clawing their way to glory.
—Damon Stafford, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
The artist also cited childhood trauma as a reason for why being crowded and clawed at was even more difficult to weather.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
But Minnesota clawed its way back into the game through two field goals from Will Reichard and a 36-yard fumble return touchdown from Ivan Pace Jr.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Each team has specific goals, and within those teams are sub-teams clawing their way to glory.
—Damon Stafford, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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Communal burrowing in the hystricognath rodent, Octodon degus: a benefit of sociality?Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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In the opposite corner, the most indifferent woman of the bunch burrowed her hand into her tiny purse before pulling out a translucent pink tube.Alyson Zetta Williams, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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Evaluations on customer-review websites are lacerating, and complaints to state attorneys general abound.Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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The agency said Gomez continued to punch and kick the officer afterward, fracturing the officer's orbital socket, breaking their nose and lacerating their head.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
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Vigorous household tasks like shoveling snow can count, too.Katia Hetter, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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To drag my stout spoon through it was like shoveling heavy, wet sand.Peter Rubin, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024
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Part of that performance has been fueled by expectations that the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates into next year, after reducing borrowing costs by 75 basis points in 2024.Lewis Krauskopf, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Other photos highlighted more moments from their evening including group family shots, her sister-in-law cutting the turkey and the food spread.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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The dunes will be built from sand and sediment that will be dredged from the gulf or local ship channels.Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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State of play: Workers are set to dredge and pipe 140,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to fill 43 Olympic swimming pools — to the shore between First and 22nd avenues, per a county news release.Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 July 2024
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In the midst of life's trials and tribulations, catharsis is getting bruised and boozed up in some of the best music venues in town.Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024
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Some people intentionally cut, burn or bruise themselves to cope with trauma, stress or anxiety.Daniel Wine, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
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Countless publications and companies, whether The Washington Post or Toast, have created tipping guides to help consumers wade through this morass of money grubbing.Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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So much of the story takes place firmly in and on the ground, whether its characters are grubbing around the countryside or descending six feet under.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024
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The city's discovery didn't require breaking through the jungle with machetes or patiently excavating with brushes and spatulas.Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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Ai went on a mission to excavate an untold story of punks in the chaotic world of Vietnamese New Wave, one that led her to a deeper cultural truth.Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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