grasp
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With Sinner out and Carlos Alcaraz skipping the clay-court major with injury, Djokovic will be left wondering if his best opportunity of winning that elusive 25th Grand Slam has been wrenched from his grasp.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
These ideas are difficult to grasp because we are macroscopic beings who experience only one direction of time.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Driver’s ex-cop knows the codes of cutting deals with the Russian mob; Teller’s engineer is the square who can’t grasp how doing things the right way just makes the situation worse.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Even the club’s most devoted supporters can’t quite grasp the sorcery of their recruitment policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Unlike Handsome, for example, who was relaxed in both musk ox and non–musk ox interactions, C.C. could never quite grasp what was expected.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing grasp
"Mending Wall," by Robert Frost
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Excerpt from "The Diary of Anne Frank"
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