teeth grinding
Americannoun
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The focus of his teeth grinding was Europe's growing energy shock, triggered by the burning conflict in the Middle East and threatening to dominate a summit of European leaders in Brussels on Thursday.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Scientists also coaxed DNA from the centuries-old skeletons — drilling small samples of bones and teeth, grinding them up into powder, mixing them into a solution and filtering out everything but the human DNA.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023
I couldn’t even ask Lusk about it because, even from my house on Cape Cod, Mass., I could hear his teeth grinding in Indiana.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
For her case in particular, she gets botox done to ease headaches that result from teeth grinding.
From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2020
She lay on the ground, and I saw her pudgy little arms and legs shaking, and her teeth grinding in her head.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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