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grip

[grip] / grɪp /






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The improved grip strength was another unexpected result, suggesting that the supplement's effects might extend beyond the knee itself.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

In a forest grove to the east, a contractor climbed into a mechanical harvester and pivoted its head to grip and fell a tree, strip its branches and cut the trunk into exact lengths.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Verstappen had been fourth quickest in Q2 despite being on used tyres but he found his car lacked the requisite grip in the final session.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The NFL has historically maintained a tight grip on game duration and kept them brisker than college contests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Her grip was weak, but it was enough to let me know that she really did want us to stay.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“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

Russell started the season as championship favourite but Antonelli took control early on as Russell struggled to get to grips with the Mercedes designed for this year's all-new car and engine rules.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The world has spent recent weeks coming to grips with the unfathomable power of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She cut four strips of rubber from the tire, then wrapped them around the crutch tops and grips and secured them with twine in silence.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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

Many of the beautiful, sometimes ingenious products and technologies developed with the rise of the modern era gripped the popular imagination and made life easier, healthier and more connected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and has been gripped by a vast humanitarian crisis since the civil war broke out in 2014.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Wall Street has been gripped by the volatile moves in bond yields over the past few weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mal gripped the rail at the bow of the boat.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

He leapt into the water, That rover young and bold; He gript Earl Haldan's daughter, He shore her locks of gold; 'Go weep, go weep, proud maiden, The tale is full to-day.

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley

His words were oaks in acorns; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the granite truth.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

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

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

And that risk is part of what makes “You Can See Everything” so gripping.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

At one point, after singing a couple of numbers on a small B-stage about halfway up the bowl, she walked through the crowd back to the main stage, gripping and grinning the entire way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

And so it is in Mr. Richardson’s profound and gripping narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Valkyrie, the only team to have beaten Wigan this season, dug deep into their well of resolve to shade a gripping Grand Final.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

I bend down toward the outlet, gripping the end of the light strand firmly in my hand.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish


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