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maw

[maw] / mɔ /
NOUN
mouth
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Some ingredients commonly found in Chinese fine dining include qi-boosting gelatinous fish maw, collagen-rich bird’s nest and nutrient-dense sea cucumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Nothing has come from months of sending my applications into the gaping maw of a broken ATS.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

There also would have been the practical difficulty of running the nation’s most populous state, a maw of endless crises and challenges, while at the same time pursuing the presidency.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

If this much solar mass in a young universe was annually being forever lost into the gaping maw of a black hole, it would be less unusual.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

A gigantic black shadow passed over us—the sharks and me—and the Basmu serpent opened its maw.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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