craw
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This is the craw that sticks in the throats of mindful Europeans who talk about “strategic autonomy.”
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
I’m not at all giving up on this Seattle team, but this L will stick in their craw for a minute.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
What seems to stick in the craw of corporate taxpayers most about this provision is how it defines income.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Well, he did have that moment on No. 8 when he had to backhand a grounder out of the craw of a tree.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
Sticks in my craw like a rusty hook, knowing how little it means to a rich creep like Tyler Croft, that he can ruin my life anytime he feels like it.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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It has really stuck in their craws and that kind of transferred to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
From where I'm sitting, that seems to be what's sticking in the filmmakers' craws.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2021
Largemouth bass are fair on points, flats, brushy or rocky shorelines with spinners, Texas-rigged plastic worms or craws, crankbaits, and skirted jigs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Largemouth bass are fair on plastic craws, crankbaits, and skirted jigs along ledges with timber or brush, creek channels, and off rocky shorelines.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
Frae the high hills the curlew ca's; The sheep gang baaing by the wa's; Or whiles a clan o' roosty craws Cangle thegether; The wild bees seek the gairden raws, Weariet wi' heather.
From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis