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Recent Examples of gnash
So true, and so sad, but to gnash one’s teeth about the need for a Washington presence is like yelling at the scoreboard.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The playful sneers of the Scherzo gave way to a snarling, gnashing Intermezzo, the orchestra and especially the low brass giving it their sardonic all.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
All this Merkel-like gnashing about global warming has accomplished nothing.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The playful sneers of the Scherzo gave way to a snarling, gnashing Intermezzo, the orchestra and especially the low brass giving it their sardonic all.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
All this Merkel-like gnashing about global warming has accomplished nothing.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnash
Verb
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Enter a vast industry of reimbursement specialists who use tech, expertise, and grit to claw back what’s owed.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Then there’s Little Simz, who’s turning growth and grit into poetry on Lotus.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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If another caterpillar wanders into their territory, these tiny critters start furiously drumming their heads, shaking their bodies and scraping their butts against the leaf—a series of complex vibratory behaviors to signal that their leaf tip is off-limits.—
Rohini Subrahmanyam,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
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Sifting and scraping toxic particles would only further the ongoing coastal erosion, which is its own climate change impact.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2025
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But the contradiction was apparent for anyone willing to scratch the surface: the three public suspensions and one defection from the Pentagon’s top ranks were all, until very recently, Hegseth loyalists.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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The surface of a cat tree is usually covered in a textured, carpet-like material for scratching.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Gnash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnash. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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