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Recent Examples of claw
Meanwhile, Jon Rahm had clawed his way back into a tie for the lead.
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
That cushion held through the rest of the game but the Wings were able to claw into the lead as the Lynx’s 3-point shooting cooled in the second half.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Orioles scratched and clawed their way to a win over the Brewers in 11 innings Wednesday, ending their eight-game losing streak.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
But the Warriors scratched and clawed their way back, taking the second set and the next two to capture their first CIF title in program history.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
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Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
That cushion held through the rest of the game but the Wings were able to claw into the lead as the Lynx’s 3-point shooting cooled in the second half.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Orioles scratched and clawed their way to a win over the Brewers in 11 innings Wednesday, ending their eight-game losing streak.
—Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
But the Warriors scratched and clawed their way back, taking the second set and the next two to capture their first CIF title in program history.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for claw
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As her gala gets closer and Devon burrows deeper into the house’s orbit, Michaela’s ominous serenity cracks into something a bit more human.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Look for nesting sites around porches, sheds, or signs of burrowing around fences.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
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Elder told the outlet those who sought medical attention at UMC had injuries ranging from severe head injuries and lacerated spleens to bullet grazes and multiple broken bones.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
5 Jan. 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 highway was shut down for nearly 14 hours as crews shoveled, hand-picked, and vacuumed the loose coins from the road and nearby brush.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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And when Anderson shoveled a pass behind him to Bam Adebayo, White quickly made up several feet of ground to steal the ball from the big man.—
Jay King,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Perry’s 10th playoff goal this season cut the Panthers lead to 4-2.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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The final six percent began with a bad omen as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander buried a three-point shot with 2:58 on the clock that cut the lead down to one point.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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The Infamous Oakmont Rakes—And A Lesson In Player Power Oakmont’s original bunkers were filled with coarse, rocky sand dredged from the nearby Allegheny River.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Their inquiries revealed that the trucks carried winter storm sediment dredged from catch basins that were quickly inundated with runoff in and around fire-scarred Altadena.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Now, after last year’s bruising war with Israel, Hezbollah is much weaker and Lebanon’s new political leaders sense an opportunity to revitalize the economy once again with help from wealthy neighbors.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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The Rebellion cruised to the playoffs thanks to a combination of a powerful rushing game and a bruising defense.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 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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Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Civil work has finished at six out of eight stations in Gujarat, while Mumbai's underground terminus at Bandra Kurla Complex is 75 percent excavated.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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This information has to be excavated, for lack of a better word, with values testing.—
Suzy Welch,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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“Claw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claw. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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