claw
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UC also said Title VI does not allow the government to claw back money spent on finished research.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Unfortunately he's pulled out this week, which gives me an opportunity to try to claw back some ground that I lost last week in Ireland," said McIlroy, who is at eight under overall.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In September 2020, stocks moved lower after a torrid summer rebound rally that saw major indexes claw back their COVID-19-related losses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“We really had to claw and scratch and ask for favors to get retail these allocations,” he said in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
From the tip of each toe stretched a tiny claw that looked like a chip of cut diamond.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
There are some stealth options, but I generally ignored them and went in with my claws out.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Crafted by a Zapotec artist and dated to 800-900, he has a man’s body but the claws and head of a bat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
A game called "Flappy Bill" features a bald eagle carrying a document in its claws that tries to avoid smashing into columns of various heights, against a background that resembles Washington DC.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Arboreality is fundamental to understanding primates - including ourselves - because it has shaped our body to a large degree: hands and feet, wrists and ankles, nails instead of claws, etc.,"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Then she held out her arms and stiffened her fingers, just like the claws in the picture.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
"If they don't, expenditure can be clawed back."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Dodgers clawed back two runs in the seventh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Williams clawed back a few times when she looked good and cooked, and when she did that, she let out a signature Serena “Come on!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
SK Hynix and Samsung clawed back some of their recent losses in Asian trading.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Then I took off my coat and clawed into the hard ground for dirt and piled it up in my coat.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“They are clawing you to get away because, to them, that is a life-and-death situation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In its place, Bessent said, America now has a “C economy,” in which lower wage earners are, in his telling, finally clawing their way back.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Top decision makers instead closed the probe, the people said, opting for a lighter-touch option: clawing back money the company earned from selling formula through federally funded nutrition programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
At 5-2 down, Gauff saved two set points before clawing her way back to level at 5-5, but lost the tie-break as unforced errors and double faults punctuated her game.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
I walked until I lost the light from the fire pit, clawing at my T-shirt, trying to pull it away from my skin.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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