grips

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The world's best struggled to get to grips with the task presented by an undulating course with thick rough and sloping greens.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

If that special story is wrong, he said, the Fed has “to come to grips with that” by acknowledging rates may not be high enough to bring down inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

She grips her stuffed animals when she’s nervous, which is often.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Strong and capable down to the steady grips in their penciled hands, down to the way they puff out their wide chests.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse