grip
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In terms of the remedy for this, though, everyone needs to get a grip.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
Participants taking inulin demonstrated better grip strength and reduced pain sensitivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The 80-year-old president also gave a guarded pledge to work with the rival Democrats if Republicans lose their grip on the House of Representatives and Senate.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Physical tasks require high-quality signals involving limb movements, fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders and dynamic force application. For example: applying the correct grip force so a plastic bottle doesn't crumble versus a steel glass," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I nod, trying to get a grip on myself.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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"It's not a service, is it really? It's a huge systemic problem and nobody seems to be getting to grips with it," Anthony said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
“He stole a motorcycle and rode it around. He almost knocked a bunch of grips and gaffers off their ladders,” André recalled in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
These receptors are molecular grips on immune cells that help them stick to blood vessels, enter tissues, and reach infections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Now two years on from their original commitment, the pair have managed a six-turn practice run to get to grips with the rules before jumping into the full game, which is 111 turns.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
A sick feeling grips my stomach and twists.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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From shock slip-ups to a murder by yawning - and a whole host of Jerry Hall one-liners along the way - the current series of Celebrity Traitors has gripped the nation.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
A celebratory mood gripped the capital, with drivers honking their horns and passers-by holding up three fingers -- the winning list's ballot number and a Serbian greeting.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
It may not have been a triumph for Bell in the courtroom, but his method gripped the public’s imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Eventually, the robot gripped the glass by the rim, maneuvered it into place and threw its hands in the air in triumph.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Frank gripped the edges of the car to climb out of it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Well, altogether gript by the being of love.
From Emblems Of Love by Lascelles Abercrombie
"We're rael sorry, and we know your heart was gript to him with grapplin's."
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
And he rode at that Emir, and gript him in his arms.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
And first gaed by the black, black steed, And then gaed by the broun; But fast she gript the milk-white steed, And pu'd the rider doun.
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
The thumbs should be locked, the knees slightly bent, and the edge of the diving-board gript well with the toes.
From Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Frank Eugen Dalton
The whole seahorse body, with its bent head, gripping tail and brood pouch, has been built at least twice within a single fish family, the Syngnathidae, which includes seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses and seadragons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Schoenbrun confidently guides readers down winding, interconnected roads, bouncing between online cults and peculiar digital ephemera to weave a gripping search for truth in a time when the internet has made everything fiction.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Everyone who profited from the sprawling multi-billion dollar investment fund scandal gripping Turkey has been identified, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday, expressing confidence the markets would emerge stronger from the controversy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Britain's Sonay Kartal missed out on what would have been the biggest title of her career as she faded in a gripping Wuhan Open final against French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
He looked at his hands gripping the edge of the dining table, checking them to make sure his skin hadn’t changed.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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