grope
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Mukesh became the first seamer other than Bumrah or Anderson to take a wicket in the series and the stage was set for Ashwin, only for Bumrah to whistle through Hartley's defensive grope.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
One thing is certain: We do need a place where we can grope toward shared understanding of world events.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
If Mr. Biden makes concessions — we grope for a better word — to MBS, it would be on behalf of others as well as himself.
From Washington Post • May 21, 2022
“I began to grope around in the rubble,” she said.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022
It must grope after him through the days and across the seas of the sunlit world, and could take visible shape only in dream and darkness.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing grope
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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The Cay
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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