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One can’t possibly grasp the closeness two people share until they’ve experienced firsthand the joy and indescribable pain that come with the kind of enmeshment written in fate’s codex.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Studies show young brains have high plasticity that makes it easier for children to grasp new languages naturally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But it also eliminates what may be the only real argument for keeping the subject in schools—which is that students may start to grasp how computers work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

At a time when Americans’ grasp of personal-finance concepts is on the decline and many students don’t receive training in financial literacy in school, providing support “doesn’t require writing a check,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

No sooner had she spoken, than Delia slipped out of Papá’s grasp, and both Delia and Velia threw themselves on the invading sisters, who were knocked to the floor.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

A poolside interlude channels the tension of distance between two people who were once close: The woman grasps a book but seems primarily absorbed in melancholy; the man broods around her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

She also grasps that comedy reigns on the Internet.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025

But already, with this first move, Moscow has shown that it grasps the depth of local frustrations.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

She grasps his ear in her fist, letting it slide through her fingers.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

On his debut, Samba played the entire 90 minutes and fully grasped his opportunity.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Tom gets his travel piece and his tourists, but he also learns that attempting to remain “reasonable” can be its own form of delusion, an indication that you haven’t grasped the gravity of the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Unseeded Michelsen came into the match in fine form, having not dropped a set at the tournament prior to facing Tiafoe, and grasped the momentum in the first set.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Boaz grasped for the ring, trying to take it off as it grew colder and colder still.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

As children, we sense the edges of these silences without fully grasping them.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Or David Seaman grasping at thin air as Ronaldinho's free-kick found its way into the back of the net in the quarter-final loss to Brazil in 2002.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

One reason for the fascination with Musk’s status as a “trillionaire” may be the very human difficulty of grasping such a big number.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Nor could Wilder in his greatest play: Life, he reminds us, is precious but evanescent, and all too often we move through it without grasping its value and its beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

I jumped, grasping a low, sticky pine branch beside me for balance.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline