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grips

NOUN
close quarters
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"If we could get to grips with these processes, then we could use this understanding to create better solar cells, more efficient energy grid systems, and discover drugs for previously untreatable diseases," she said.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The EU has vowed to ensure Big Tech gets to grips with the many dangers online for children.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

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

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

As they bounced off each other they lost their grips on the rope, and it was sucked into the Mr. Flux cyclone, which spun in such a blur he was more like wind than man.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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