craw
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This is the craw that sticks in the throats of mindful Europeans who talk about “strategic autonomy.”
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
The one that really seems to stick in James’ craw came in 2013, the same year he won his final league MVP award, this time as a member of the Miami Heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
I’m not at all giving up on this Seattle team, but this L will stick in their craw for a minute.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Such rhetoric would probably stick in the craw of the Afghan leaders of the defeated Western-backed government.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021
“Come in!” my father retorted, with impatience rising in his craw.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
It has really stuck in their craws and that kind of transferred to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2024
From where I'm sitting, that seems to be what's sticking in the filmmakers' craws.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2021
Largemouth bass are fair on points, flats, brushy or rocky shorelines with spinners, Texas-rigged plastic worms or craws, crankbaits, and skirted jigs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 25, 2020
Largemouth bass are fair on points, flats, brushy or rocky shorelines with Texas-rigged plastic worms or craws, crankbaits, and skirted jigs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2020
And wha's Mardrochat that his barn-door cock craws sae croose on til't?'
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
