Example Sentences

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"I suspect UPS can gradually win back a portion of the business it lost during the strike threat, but I doubt they will claw it all back," Morningstar analyst Matthew Young said.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

Maybe someday Intel will claw its way back to the top of the chip market — but not this year.

From The Verge • Aug. 15, 2022

Wells Fargo has since announced it will claw back $41 million in stock compensation issued to Stumpf.

From US News • Sep. 29, 2016

The bank could say "okay, to placate everybody -- the media, the senators -- and as a sign of good faith with shareholders, we will claw back some portion," Sharma says.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2016

The little woman caught the great man with the everlasting hook, and the discussion ended in "claw me and I will claw thee," and in the mutual self-complacency that follows that arrangement.

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles