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Recent Examples of gnash
In 2022, when the scandal of the Long Island congressman George Santos’s made‑up résumé came to light, press experts gnashed their teeth about The New York Times having missed the story.
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Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Which would make a nice change of pace from the collective teeth-gnashing in FoCo lately.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, however, there was a fair amount of teeth gnashing about the fact that the United States faces a serious threat from China, which appears to be on course to put humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Some people might gnash their teeth or beat their fists over that, but Arquette is pragmatic.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Which would make a nice change of pace from the collective teeth-gnashing in FoCo lately.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, however, there was a fair amount of teeth gnashing about the fact that the United States faces a serious threat from China, which appears to be on course to put humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Some people might gnash their teeth or beat their fists over that, but Arquette is pragmatic.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnash
Verb
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Grit gave weight to feeling; feeling gave purpose to grit.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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Doechii continues to grit her teeth while declaring that the accolades she’s earned along the way were from hard work.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
30 Dec. 2025
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Some Walmart shoppers could have already seen egg prices drop at their local stores, according to USA TODAY's shopping cart tracker, powered by Bright Data, a data-scraping company.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Yet Garner still had to scrape to get by while her career was gaining steam in the 1990s.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Allowing dirt and debris to sit on your floors can damage or scratch the surface during everyday use or when mopping.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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Pavel Mintyukov, defenseman, B Olen Zellweger, defenseman, B Mintyukov was scratched for a stint and Zellweger has seen his power-play usage halved year-over-year.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Gnash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnash. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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