clutchy

clutchy

(ˈklʌtʃɪ)
adj, clutchier or clutchiest
(of a person) tending to cling
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Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., after high-profile incidents of fraud by the DOE's contractors, including two at the Hanford Site nuclear reservation in Washington state, Mc Clutchy reported.
The whole idea of sucking up to someone in power - or conversely, having some clingy, clutchy protege hanging on my every word - makes my skin crawl.
"In terms of the first three months in office, Donald Trump is the least popular president in the history of polling," Sanders said, Mc Clutchy reported.