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



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Searcy hit Cutter Boley as he threw on the next play and 261-pound defensive end Marco Jones grabbed the ball and rumbled 55 yards for the score.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Several Portsmouth supporters made gestures that indicated they believed the fan had been grabbed by the throat.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Making its debut, "By Any Means" from Paramount grabbed fourth place with $7.4 million in sales.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

I’d barely unpacked my vacation bags when a gaggle of sources and news reports grabbed my attention, and the Calmatters story and headline neatly summed things up:

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

She’d done things no previous spirit had been allowed: grabbed his tail, entered his home uninvited, broken his teacups.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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