gnash
verb (used with object)
to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Down in Washington, ambitious young men like Jack Kennedy are gnashing their teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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