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grip

[grip] / grɪp /






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"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

Baker thought he might have stumbled upon a new changeup grip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I haven’t been able to really come to grip in terms of what I’ve learned overall this season,” Ohtani said through interpreter Will Ireton.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mice with reduced PD-L2 activity also showed improvements in their ability to process sugar and demonstrated greater grip strength, suggesting that targeting the protein could influence physical functions affected by aging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

That relief vanished a moment later when I spotted Salzburg clutching Regan’s arm in a vise grip.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

We progressed slowly but steadily with sailors’ grips and plenty of breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

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

She grips my fingers so tightly they hurt.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Nearly 150 people have been jailed and more than 800 brought before the courts since the riots which gripped Paris and other cities including Lyon, Marseille and Nice.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

At the time when Jackson’s remains were found, the West was gripped in severe drought.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

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

The puffin gripped the fish with his beak.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

"We're rael sorry, and we know your heart was gript to him with grapplin's."

From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine

And first gaed by the black black steed, And then gaed by the brown; But fast she gript the milk-white steed, And pu'd the rider down.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott

And he came half over the edge, and gript the Diskos by the handle, in an instant.

From The Night Land by William Hope Hodgson

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

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 result was a gripping performance enriched by tonal beauty, subtle dynamic shading and precise but never fussy playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Yet the deep selloff gripping the $31.5 trillion Treasury market isn’t putting the year’s biggest M&A deal in jeopardy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 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

“The Visit,” set in motion by a gripping premise, slightly overstays its welcome.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

They keep talking, without moving, without seeing me anymore even though I am still gripping the tunnel opening.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari


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