maw

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Authors were reportedly given no notice and their royalties were measly in turn; Bloomberg quoted one anonymous Taylor & Francis author who claimed to earn only $97 for ceding their book to the training maw.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

Some ingredients commonly found in Chinese fine dining include qi-boosting gelatinous fish maw, collagen-rich bird’s nest and nutrient-dense sea cucumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

If you tear yourself away from a place too quickly, the maw of memory will ask you to re-leave it over years and years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

But lately I’ve been worried that the glut of documentary content required to fill the yawning maw of streamers is putting this axiom to the test more frequently.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

Overcoming his own crippling exhaustion, he plunged into the maw of the hurricane and searched the Col for nearly an hour.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer