grasp
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“But my job is to grasp the feeling of that event, to reflect that feeling, and the glamour.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
He admitted in 2024 that his grasp on the dialect was “horrible.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Pepys watched the Great Fire from the Tower of London, near where he lived, and came to grasp, with shock, the size and scale of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sakhi says the government failed to grasp the movement's momentum because it was out of touch with the language and platforms of the protests.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But if he didn’t swim down now and grasp those eyes -whatever they were -he would lose them forever.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Instead, he’s looking for someone who grasps the findings of a workpaper with the assistance of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Although she grasps the issues that can arise with the product, she says, most of her life is pretty well documented anyway.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
"Her friends come every few days. No one fully grasps the idea that she is now dead."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
She also grasps that comedy reigns on the Internet.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
He grasps the man's elbow, guides him home, helps him off with his coat, hangs it on the hook behind the door.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
They lit candles, grasped rosaries and passed out poster boards and N-95 masks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Once the tournament began, America quickly grasped what so many hosts had come to understand before: The moment the soccer starts, everything else recedes into the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
If you’ve ever fancied a gondola ride through Venice’s famous canals, now might be the time—many Americans have already grasped the opportunity this summer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
To get solar panels because you’ve grasped the moral tragedy of climate change, not because your neighbor Larry’s roof looks kind of fab with them.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
He grasped the caribou whip with only his thumb and sent it singing along the backs of our seven sled dogs.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
A desperate government is grasping for ideas to get the engine going again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
McAfee, not fully grasping why people would want to drink milk that was unpasteurized, nonetheless went to his silo, filled half-gallon containers and packed them in ice chests.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He prays for her before each game, looking up to the sky while grasping his wife’s necklace, then kissing a ring that has her fingerprint tattooed on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
I'm not sure we are grasping this rare opportunity with the gusto that's needed and I cannot keep waiting around for a crisis to push for faster progress.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
My mind flickers back to her room and I suddenly feel my hand beneath the floor, grasping the small leather book.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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