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"It feels like I'm living in a movie or a dream; I can't quite grasp it," the 41-year-old lawyer told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Looking down at him, she speaks slowly as if still trying to grasp the details of what has happened to her since the civil war erupted in Sudan.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Great presidents grasp the true nature of the country’s challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

He admitted in 2024 that his grasp on the dialect was “horrible.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

He gripped a book but Chicken’s hands were tugging it from his grasp.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

His left hand gently grasps a ceremonial sword while his extended right hand is open and welcoming, rather than pointed and dictatorial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

How important is it to you that the listener grasps everything that’s going on in your music?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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

Six hundred feet of hungry air grasps at my legs.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Stories of first times, of big feelings imperfectly grasped, of life coming into focus for better or worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The children had encountered the “-le” syllable the past school year, but were repeating the lesson to make sure they grasped it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

For only the second time, a ban on gnomes has been lifted this year by the Royal Horticultural Society, an opportunity that seemed to have been grasped by gardeners with both tiny ceramic hands.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Charles couldn’t help but reach out, and “we again grasped hands with all the fervour of long-parted friends, my wife in the spirit-land and myself here.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Now, as growth flatlines, a desperate government is grasping for ideas to get the economy going again, including opening up retail across the whole week.

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

Cynics argue this is deliberate obfuscation; impenetrable language keeps average investors from seeing the simplicity of the underlying concepts or grasping unfavorable conditions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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

If I found the twins so fascinating, I think it was because there was something a tiny bit inexplicable about them, something I was often on the verge of grasping but never quite did.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt