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clasping

[klas-ping, klah-sping] / ˈklæs pɪŋ, ˈklɑ spɪŋ /


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On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

On Saturday, he knew, walking toward home plate and clasping hands with Will Smith.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

“He doesn’t know he was in a movie,” said Leonberg, clasping a happily wriggling Indy, who doesn’t register me on the other end of the Zoom interview.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2025

A photograph released by Eritrea in the wake of the meeting shows President Isaias Afwerki clasping hands with his counterparts from Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, and Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

From BBC Oct. 10, 2024

She was only conscious of clasping a little china figure.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie



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