come to grips
Example Sentences
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Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026
U.S. companies and the federal government, meanwhile, haven’t yet come to grips with Americans’ longer lives, Stern says.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
“We haven’t collectively come to grips that that is behind us,” said Hsu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
“I’m hoping that they’ll come to grips with how the American people are suffering,” said another.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025
Hence any attempt to understand the origins of the modern world must come to grips with the question why the Fertile Crescent’s domesticated plants and animals gave it such a potent head start.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
