grips

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Those are realities that the media, the activist community and people in government need to come to grips with.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

To insert an IUD, a clinician opens the vagina using a speculum and grips the cervix with a type of forceps, which can cause a sudden, sharp pain.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

Fundamentally, the city remains in the grips of a housing crisis affecting all of California.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Brent crude prices shot back above $100 a barrel this week as oil-hungry sectors across the world came to grips with a closure that is lasting much longer than originally feared.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The man’s voice is tender, barely a whisper, a short knife in the tension that grips the house.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson