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grabbing

adjective as in acquisitive

noun as in seizure

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Soon a man who was with her was aggressively interrupting our reporting, grabbing me and shouting.

From BBC

“Historically, it was just seven islands that was bridged by the British East India Company to make it a port because they lost their port in Surat. So the whole premise of the city comes from a super-capitalistic, colonialist past. And the city remains in a state of flux. Developers are grabbing areas where people have lived for years. Women move there to feel more liberated, but there’s an impermanence as well.”

Cronin was especially pleased with big man Aday Mara grabbing seven rebounds in 10 minutes off the bench.

UCLA’s defense kept pressure on Iowa throughout the game, with Carson Schwesinger grabbing two interceptions and Kain Medrano ripping the ball away to force another turnover.

Grabbing the rebound, he went back up for a putback.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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