claw

The claw machine—that infamous promiser of childhood treasures, known for stealing your quarters and almost never yielding up its flimsy prizes—has gotten an upgrade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

He juxtaposed beautiful balletic movement with eerie details, including an arm claw or a slightly tilted head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Other ideas include "pink-banded bandit" and "ribbon claw".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Uncoiling Shadow’s climbing rope, he bound Ragear paw and claw to a sturdy oak.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Fossils suggest Teilhardina differed from other mammals of the time as it had fingernails rather than claws, which helped it grasp branches and handle food – a key characteristic of primates to this day.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

Crew members operating trucks with claws pick up the materials in batches and deposit them on conveyor belts to start the sorting process.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 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

As polished as it was quirky, the performance was packed with personality and one of the sharpest hooks to ever sink its claws into the contest.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

He moved on to my right, and I heard the scratching of his claws on bark as he walked a log.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung led the charge as they clawed back the losses sustained in a sector-wide global rout from the end of June and through July that wiped trillions of dollars off valuations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

The Dodgers clawed back two runs in the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Williams clawed back a few times when she looked good and cooked, and when she did that, she let out a signature Serena “Come on!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Thorns and roots clawed at him from the sides and above his head, tearing at his hair, skin, and the decoy mask still attached to the back of his head.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Their grandmother, Rae, escaped from a Jewish ghetto in what was then the Polish city of Novogrudok by clawing her way through a tunnel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

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

Fabio's prediction: Carrick seems to have the knack of clawing a win even when United are not playing great.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

I see something in its eyes, the same caged look that the neighborhood stray cats get when Ma catches them clawing up our mailbox.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer