A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

GNAW

Sun, 28 Jul '24
Bother, with "at"
Mon, 27 May '24
Work on some jerky, say
Thu, 28 Sep '23
Nag (at)
Sun, 3 Sep '23
Bother, with "at"
Sun, 27 Aug '23
Chew
Sun, 23 Jul '23
Nibble (on)
Wed, 8 Mar '23
Chew (on)
Sun, 24 Apr '22
Chew (on)
Wed, 2 Feb '22
Chew (on)
Sun, 4 Jul '21
Eat (at)
Sat, 27 Mar '21
Trouble, with "at"
Tue, 16 Mar '21
Irk, with "at"