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paw

[paw] / pɔ /
NOUN
appendage of certain animals, usually the foot
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He’s more comfortable in his Bed-Stuy apartment than at the Sunset Tower, exposed brick now behind him, his dog Wednesday nearby gnawing at her paw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

As Professor Mitchell puts it: "The connections between dogs on the one paw and people dependent on wild plant and animal resources on the other are ancient, diverse, and profound."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Character interactions were thoughtfully choreographed—though having Elisa paw Tolomeo made her seem flirty and desperate rather than dangerous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Murphy added the Savannah had a broken right paw and a wound on its chest following its adventures in the Norfolk countryside.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Clare laid a paw on Gingersnipes’s shoulder and gave her a soft pat, which was, in his way, more tender than any embrace.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

As they worked, the kitten, caught by her neck, meowed and tried to use her back paws to push the cabinet away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

At least Elon Musk will never be able to get his grubby little ravioli paws on your sticker-adorned binder of crystal card pulls.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

While fishing a canal, I spot an otter as it emerges from the water and climbs onto the opposite bank, clutching a writhing iguana in its paws and then diving back in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

These hairs are especially common behind the ears, beneath the lips, and near the base of the paws.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Clare clapped his paws over his eye, laughing with glorious relief.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

I pawed through the outer lands of my mother’s closet before asking if I could alter a navy trapeze-style dress she no longer wore.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

He pawed more with his left hand than he used it, and worked more behind his jab than throwing pot shots all over the ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

The paint changed hands, the tempo rose, the men pawed each other freely, using touch and color to shake off their invisibility.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

But I’d pawed each one so much I’d stripped off some needles like an anxious child wearing the fur off a teddy bear.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2019

They squealed and pawed their way up to her with their eyes still sealed.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

These are not easy shoes to step into, but Foster spends much of her time onstage barefoot, pawing her way into the part with those dirty, bare-soled, hilariously expressive feet of hers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024

Butland kept him out, springing to his right and pawing the shot away.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024

Each time that the second thought spoke, Gollum’s long hand crept out slowly, pawing towards Frodo, and then was drawn back with a jerk as Sméagol spoke again.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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