grab
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Even the chance to grab a drink and relax.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
A screen grab of one celebratory moment showed a group of students ecstatic beyond belief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Even in that condition, however, Main managed to grab the man by his white coat and tell him: “You get this straight. I am walking out of here.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Naturally, I'm going to grab those in the morning because they are made and ready.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
These, I grab now, fanning them out like a deck of cards, watching them flutter to the floor.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
As private label grabs a bigger slice of the retail market, the older, bigger consumer packaged-goods makers are now left with a choice: beat the retailers or join them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Bad news grabs the headlines, but European companies are turning in strong profit gains.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Votes will be cast for all 435 seats in the US House of Representatives, and a third of the 100 seats in the Senate are up for grabs.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Last year’s event offered a golf-record $50 million, while this season’s was supposed to have $40 million up for grabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Yeah, you won’t know for sure until it’s midnight and your foot is hanging off the bed. If something grabs it? Haunting. Easy to tell.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
He preened, grabbed his oversized scissors and opened his mouth to boast, but no one could hear a single word over the deafening roar of Marine One’s idling engines.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
But what really grabbed my attention was his discussion of how he runs the company, which now has a market cap of more than $10 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A resident at Pavilion Court, John Dighton, said he "grabbed stuff for a couple of days" and was staying at a nearby hotel.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Njoku bobbled the pass, however, and the ball was grabbed by rookie safety Hezekiah Masses, who had another pick in the fourth quarter during his first career start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Elliot grabbed the schedule, crumpled it up, and dropped it into my cup of water.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Joey Lush secured second place in the competition after trawling through Pinterest for outfit inspiration and "grabbing a tote bag from the fresher's fair".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
She and another employee were waiting at the curb, the latter grabbing my bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“We’re diving under the water and grabbing these big old catfish. It was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done.”
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The four suspected Louvre robbers have been arrested, but the jewels they are accused of grabbing in the seven-minute heist have still not been found.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Autumn yelps, before grabbing Woo’s tail and pulling the aboatia behind the desk.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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