grab
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The animal has red eyes and a short proboscis equipped with claws that help it grab food before biting.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
You pick up the bill for dinner, pay for the taxi home or grab a friend's coffee with the promise they'll pay you back later, but days go by and the money never arrives.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Among his snags Monday was a leaping, two-handed grab off a sidearm sling from quarterback Matthew Stafford on the Rams’ second possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
As he and two other crew members scrambled to grab onto debris and rafts, they realized that one of them was missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
He’d grab that branch jutting from the bank...
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
He maintains that club play before age 12 and expensive showcases before late high school are mostly unnecessary cash grabs by for-profit companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Whether it proves anything is, of course, up for grabs, but it surely helps “Chronovisor” remain wonderfully unclassifiable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
But Mom grabs my arm to stop me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Everyone in the room grabbed either shakers or a small drum, and with Densmore instructing and conducting, the ensemble conjured what he called the heartbeat of Mother Earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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
Dart immediately grabbed his left knee, and didn’t return in New York’s 28-6 loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A friend grabbed his arm and pulled him out.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
With a sigh I shoved myself to my feet and grabbed my salad off my tray.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“They set the tone for us defensively. There was a lot of physicality, a lot of grabbing and holding, a lot of disruption without gambling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
“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
That approach, which often amounts to grabbing large sums of suspicious-seeming crypto without knowing who currently controls it, is being challenged in the case of the government’s $225 million seizure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She glared at him for a second before grabbing it from his hand.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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