clutches

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Claw machine lover Neiki Lee carefully lowers the metal jaws of a crane with a joystick into a pool of prizes, only to have the small toy slip from its clutches again and again.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

In the experiments, two clutches were arranged in double rings to match fossil evidence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

They escaped the evil clutches of the gross neighbor kid next door, fled a toy collector’s plastic prison and even avoided an incinerator in one scene that scarred countless children around the world.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

In 2023 it looked as if the cycle of debate which had held the church in its clutches for so many years had been broken.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

But he made it through, the Berg’s momentum and the rope jerking him from the tree’s clutches.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner