Thesaurus results for GNAWED (AT)

gnawed (at)

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past tense of gnaw (at)

as in got (to)

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Others are annoyed that its ambiguous language will create confusion over how — or if — the state will enforce compliance.

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026
David goes on a tour of the past 250 years and is deeply annoyed by every facet of it.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 June 2026

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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois seemed personally irked.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 July 2026
In the months since his March promotion, Andreou has worked to release the Copilot super app, scaled back the ubiquitous Copilot icons that irked Windows users, and launched Copilot Cowork to compete with Anthropic’s highly popular Claude Cowork.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026

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gnawed (at)

gnawed (at or on)

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