claws
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Logs dangle like toothpicks from machines with hydraulic claws, and the whole scene is enveloped in dust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
About the size of a large tiger and armed with enormous curved claws, the animal roamed what is now Britain approximately 120 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The settlement claws back money Abbott earned from selling formula through federally funded nutrition programs, and the company did not admit fault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
‘It got its front claws clogged with earth, digging for worms. Stopped here to scrape them clean. Went back to its sett. That way…’ he waved a hand east.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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