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claw

[klaw] / klɔ /




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Players can lose all their market share in one year, however, though they can claw back if they make a shrewd investment and it pays off.

From The Wall Street Journal

Paws need claws: Declawing a cat in California is now illegal unless the surgery is medically necessary.

From Los Angeles Times

On both occasions, they clawed their way back in a historic victory that rewrote a long-standing narrative of teams rich in talent but brittle under pressure.

From BBC

Cake is good, but if young Americans are going to claw back genuine community from the digital age, they’re going to need more practice.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the middle, a small finch was desperately trying to free his legs, but the more it moved, the more its claws became tangled.

From BBC