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Recent Examples of maw
But according to a study recently published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians, these gaping maws can expand bigger than experts once believed.
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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
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.
—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
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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
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.
—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
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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