grabber

Example Sentences

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Then he secretly purchases a passel of tortoises; constructs a long-handled grabber; leans down from his balcony; extracts Alfie; and, each week, substitutes a slightly heavier impostor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The headliner grabber was Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of his exchange, FTX, but scores of other crypto companies went belly up.

From Slate • May 23, 2025

It’s a grabber of a premise, a kind of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” as reimagined by Charlie Kaufman.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

The headline grabber, though, is the production of plutonium cores.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

Compared to the other modifications Leo had made to the ship, the grabber arm was a piece of cake.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan