grabbed

Example Sentences

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This bad news comes on the heels of a hantavirus outbreak onboard a Dutch cruise ship earlier this month that grabbed global attention with 11 cases, three of them fatal.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

From the meat section, I grabbed a discounted package of skirt steak — about three-quarters of a pound for roughly $6.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

I grabbed free snacks and a water bottle and kept walking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

K-Pop megastars BTS grabbed headlines when their huge hometown comeback show pulled in about 18.4m global viewers on Netflix, according to the streamer's own figures.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Then he grabbed a change of clothes from his bag, tossed them in his backpack.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith