groping

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Vandier said AI is turning military intelligence analysis from a task of groping in darkness for targets to one of sifting through piles of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Mark Wood, in his first match since March because of injury and the weather, hurled a 95mph delivery that had Muhammad Rizwan groping at fresh air.

From BBC • May 30, 2024

“One leg, two legs — got it,” Dave Laithwaite, a volunteer at the sanctuary, said while groping around in the mud in the kiwi’s narrow den.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

“We are but darkened groping souls, that know not the light often because of its very blinding radiance,” wrote W.E.B.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis