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  • present tense form of grip (3rd person singular).
  • plural of grip.
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grips

NOUN
close quarters
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He’s tinkered with different grips for his changeup, a pitch he started deploying more in mid-May.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The country is in the grips of a humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the slashing of foreign assistance and the need to integrate millions of Afghans pushed back from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

‘Hysteria’ grips San Francisco’s housing market as AI wealth pours in.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

We must, therefore, leave the Science article behind and rely on other kinds of evidence to get to grips with the structure of Neanderthal groups indirectly.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

He holds a bottle of ÁguaViva in one hand and grips the banister with the other.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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