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  • past participle of grab.
  • past tense form of grab.

grabbed



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Rihanna said she grabbed Rocky “out of bed, told him they were being shot at and pushed both of them to the ground,” according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The petition has grabbed the attention of Jonathan Davies, Labour MP for Mid Derbyshire, who said he found out about it while knocking on his constituents' doors.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

Knowing how the rest of history would play out, I found this sadly ironic as I grabbed a hatchet from the basket.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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