grab
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Someone asked me in a comment if he had just printed the magazines, and someone would come and grab them from that house, and I was just like, “You have completely wrong information.”
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
A pitching change later in the inning, after Shohei Ohtani singled, gave Alfonzo a chance to grab a drink of water outside the dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead he said he would grab a bite to eat in the players' restaurant before "packing up my locker just for efficiency's sake".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“We’ve really waited for the right place and the right person to bring our little grab bag of Chipmunk goodies back to the public.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I barely grab on as it explodes forward.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Australian creative content was not "up for grabs", Albanese said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s the “remarkable structural repricing” of Japan, though, that grabs the attention.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
It grabs onto the pasta beautifully, especially shapes like cavatappi, fusilli or shells, while still leaving room for olive oil, citrus, herbs and whatever vegetables happen to be in season.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"It can also be kind of aesthetically or visually pleasing to the eye, it's just so colourful and I think that's what really grabs people in," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Woo jumps over to me, grabs my head, and angles it so I notice what he’s seeing—a rise in the dirt from inside the force field, slowly getting bigger.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Fox grabbed the driver out of the bag and launched a crackerjack of a 330-yard tee-shot into the middle of the fairway.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They grabbed some coffee afterward: Lee said hers cost $7.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
They grabbed the four-bedroom, 1970s property in 2014 for $585,900.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He settled down by the fire to mend the rip in his leggings where the Hidden People had grabbed him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
However, grabbing the last “6% to 8%” of that final push higher would open an investor to a potential 25% downside — meaning “the risk/reward on that has gone against you.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
“We’re grabbing for straws, trying to develop something,” an officer told the New York Times within 24 hours of the bombing.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Though she occasionally found herself automatically grabbing her locked phone during the first few weeks of using Brick, over time the impulse became less frequent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
American rapper and actor RZA was also spotted by a fan while grabbing some noodles in the Welsh capital.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
When Danny decided to climb out the window and stand on the Finnegans’ roof, everyone blamed the stories about children flying on shadows and grabbing the tails of shooting stars.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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