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clasping

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


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His brothers and wife, clasping hands, sat in the first row watching.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

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

“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

The card also shows Meghan hugging a young girl and Prince Harry clasping the hand of a man lying in bed.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

He pressed his face against her, clasping her waist with both his thin arms.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri



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