Word: gnaw
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...suspense was beginning to gnaw at Clinton's popularity ratings: Late last week, it was clear Clinton was up against a wall; there was no way for her to avoid the issue altogether without appearing untrustworthy - after all, Lazio not only met her debate-night challenge by collecting cease-and-desist pledges from various soft-money donors, but he never demanded reciprocation. And it wasn't just Lazio's impeccable timing that pulled the rug out from under Clinton: The agreement itself puts her at a distinct economic disadvantage - something Lazio may well have considered as he made the issue...
...illness can intrude on his children at the worst possible moment, about how the business of conducting him out of this life with some dignity has to be improvised amid all the distractions of the day: the fender bender, the shrilling of the cell phone, the dog eager to gnaw that phone into silence...