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yawning

[yaw-ning] / ˈyɔ nɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
gaping
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In a bid to plug the yawning gap, the European Commission, the EU's executive, has put forward a plan to tap some 210 billion euros of Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc.

From Barron's

In the sea of vendor pop-ups, Mac Miller’s yawning face, the cover of his 2015 release “GO:OD AM,” stood tall.

From Los Angeles Times

The stock market has hit a speed bump, not a yawning vortex of doom, as investors question the valuations of top tech and artificial intelligence stocks.

From Barron's

Day turned to night, and the wolves started yawning.

From Literature

The government is scrambling to implement spending cuts and push through measures to narrow this yawning budget deficit to under 5% of gross domestic product.

From The Wall Street Journal