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jaw

[jaw] / dʒɔ /






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Firstly, diminishing returns have kicked in - how much more capacity among the public is there really for jaw dropping revelation about the Lord Mandelson soap opera?

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

When her sister, Rowe, walked in that morning, she found Waldorf with her eyes wide and glazed over, her jaw tensed.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

The fossil, housed at the Perot Museum, is missing the tip of its snout and shows a fractured lower jaw.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Co-hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe and Brian Redban, when there’s a show of this caliber during a festival, you just know the guests are going to be jaw droppers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

She sported the set jaw and formidably upright posture that every Swanburne graduate learned in a required class called A Swanburne Girl Knows How to Make Her Point.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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