gnash

as in to grit
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound dogs gnashing their teeth

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Recent Examples of gnash So true, and so sad, but to gnash one’s teeth about the need for a Washington presence is like yelling at the scoreboard. John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 The playful sneers of the Scherzo gave way to a snarling, gnashing Intermezzo, the orchestra and especially the low brass giving it their sardonic all. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 An unholy chatter fills the soundtrack and what appears to be dozens upon dozens of shiny black bugs squirming and gnashing as each other. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025 All this Merkel-like gnashing about global warming has accomplished nothing. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gnash
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  • Then there’s Little Simz, who’s turning growth and grit into poetry on Lotus.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Mar. 2025
  • To become winners, Newcastle have had lose, both historically and this season, and Guimaraes has been required to grit his teeth and battle through.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • Set up your agent to scrape competitor data, log changes to a spreadsheet, and send you only the high-impact alerts.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that relentless AI scraping is putting strain on Wikipedia's servers.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
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  • Some people may have been scratching their heads when kids started screaming and crying after seeing a pig wearing a crown; With zombie pig men and skeleton archers riding spiders, why would this specific creature elicit such a guttural reaction?
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Patrick Golz purchased a pair of $1,000,000 Gold Rush tickets, worth $50 each, and won the $1 million grand prize after scratching the second ticket, the Virginia Lottery said in an April 8 news release.
    Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Gnash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnash. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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