claw
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The Dodgers’ series against the Brewers set up a chance for the home team to claw back onto the top of the National League standings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Both del Toro and Pogacar dropped Vingegaard on Thursday, and while Vingo managed to claw back into second place, del Toro may be the closest rider to Pogacar in the race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The new model was flashy, black-light entertainment with thumping music, huge video screens, arcade games and claw machines, along with upscale food and drink at double or triple the prices of standard bowling-alley fare.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
She keeps her hair off her face and neck by wearing it up in a claw clip.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The empty sheets sting my eyes and claw at my throat.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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Equity markets fluctuated ahead of the CPI release, though Seoul enjoyed another strong day as it claws back some of the huge tech-led losses sustained in July.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Aesthetes had been howling about the Freedom 250 set, a soaring, 92-foot tall structure which resembled one of those arcade machine claws in which you try and fail to grab a stuffed hippopotamus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
A bear with teeth and claws, as he once put it.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Aside from its dramatic claws, the insect's body shares similarities with modern Gelastocoridae, also called toad bugs, which are land-dwelling predators.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
With his thick armor, his giant claws, and his powerful sound cannon, Crusher truly seemed unstoppable.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Kerry clawed their way back and sat just two points down as they chased a late leveller, but they failed to strike before Tommy Conroy's score capped a famous win for Mayo.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A clawed caper at the Santa Monica Pier went awry despite “sophisticated” attempts by suspects to get away with poaching roughly three dozen spiny lobsters, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Shares have clawed back earlier losses and are now down 8.4% at 130.40 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
SK Hynix and Samsung clawed back some of their recent losses in Asian trading.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Churro kicked and clawed inside Natalie’s hoodie, and she quickly unzipped it and pulled him out where he could breathe.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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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
Forecasts projected a deficit approaching $6 billion before a newly split legislature began clawing the budget back toward sanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It is too easy to think of people like Deborah as clawing back their careers for fame, validation or money rather than a deep and essential love of their art.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The Georgia winger is as effective as he is mesmerising, taunting opposition with a languid but unstoppable dribbling style, socks at half mast on his calves, defenders clawing at the scorched turf left behind him.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
At that, Samson reared up, neighing horribly, his evil hooves clawing at the air in front of the Huntsman.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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